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letter writer en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A correspondent; a writer of letters.
  2. A person employed to write letters for illiterate people; a person who does this as an occupation.
    • The Indian letter-writers, awaiting clients, fresh paper and carbons rolled into their machines, greeted Victor Crabbe with smiles and waved hands. 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 46:
  3. A book containing examples of letters that can be imitated by those who wish to write correspondence.

Forms

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letter writers Number=Plur lexicographic
letter-writer alternative lexicographic

Translations (6)

de Briefeschreiber (correspondent) · af briefskrywer (correspondent) · sv brevskrivare (correspondent) · cmn 代書先生 /代书先生 (correspondent) · cmn 書啓先生 /书启先生 (correspondent) · el αλληλογράφος (correspondent)