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letter writers

letter writers is the plural of letter writer.

Meaning of letter writer

Noun

letter writer (plural letter writers)

  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.

Questions about letter writers

What is letter writers the plural of?
Letter writers is the plural of letter writer.

Words near letter writers in the dictionary

  1. letter telegram
  2. letter telegrams
  3. letter to the editor
  4. letter warrant
  5. letter writer
  6. letter writers
  7. letter-box
  8. letter-boxes
  9. letter-by-letter
  10. letter-carrier
  11. letter-carriers

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