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LETTER WRITER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does letter writer mean? 

LETTER WRITER (noun)
  The noun LETTER WRITER has 1 sense:

1. someone who communicates by means of lettersplay

  Familiarity information: LETTER WRITER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LETTER WRITER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who communicates by means of letters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

correspondent; letter writer

Hypernyms ("letter writer" is a kind of...):

communicator (a person who communicates with others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "letter writer"):

pen-friend; pen pal (a person you come to know by frequent friendly correspondence)


 Context examples 


They were carefully examined, and showed that he was a keen student of international politics, an indefatigable gossip, a remarkable linguist, and an untiring letter writer.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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