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letterman

letterman noun: a student who has attained a specified level of participation in a sporting or other activity, and is awarded a cloth “letter” to be affixed to an item of clothing.

Noun

letterman (plural lettermen)

  1. (US) A student who has attained a specified level of participation in a sporting or other activity, and is awarded a cloth “letter” to be affixed to an item of clothing.
    • The children seem to catch their enthusiasm from the energetic instructors, ten of them former lettermen at Kansas universities.1967, United States Office of Education, Stepping Up with PACE, page 12
    • Cousins told the students of their responsibility emphasizing that the sweaters were given them in recognition by the school that they were the “best in the field.” Coach Smith distributed the dark blue slip over sweaters with a gold block T on the front to the lettermen.2000, Cecilia Aros Hunter, Leslie Gene Hunter, Texas A&M University Kingsville, Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 62

Proper noun capitalized: Letterman

Letterman (plural Lettermans)

  1. A surname from German.

letterman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

letterman in Hindi

लेटरमैन

letterman in Tamil

லெட்டர்மேன்

letterman in Marathi

लेटरमॅन, लेटरमन

letterman in Urdu

لیٹر مین, لیٹرمین
More languagesFewer languages
letterman in Bengali
লেটারম্যান
letterman in Telugu
లెటర్మాన్, లెటర్మ్యాన్, లెటర్ మాన్
letterman in Malayalam
ലെറ്റർമാൻ
letterman in Kannada
ಲೆಟರ್ಮ್ಯಾನ್
letterman in Punjabi
ਲੈਟਰਮੈਨ
letterman in Gujarati
લેટરમેન
letterman in Odia
ଲେଟରମ୍ଯ଼ାନ୍
letterman in Nepali
लेटरम्यान

Forms of letterman

Noun
plurallettermen
Proper noun
pluralLettermans

Plural of letterman: lettermen

Origin of letterman

From letter + -man.

Variant of German Lettermann.

Words formed from letterman

Phrases with letterman

Questions about letterman

What does letterman mean?
Letterman means a student who has attained a specified level of participation in a sporting or other activity, and is awarded a cloth “letter” to be affixed to an item of clothing.
What is letterman in Hindi?
Letterman in Hindi is लेटरमैन. See Letterman meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is letterman?
Letterman can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of letterman?
The plural of letterman is lettermen.

Words near letterman in the dictionary

  1. letterless
  2. letterlessness
  3. letterlike
  4. letterlocking
  5. letterly
  6. letterman
  7. letterman jacket
  8. letterman jackets
  9. letterman-jacketed
  10. Lettermanesque
  11. Lettermans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: letterman (page history and authors); Letterman (page history and authors); letterman (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); letterman (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); letterman (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); letterman (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); letterman (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); letterman (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); letterman (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); letterman (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); letterman (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); letterman (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); letterman (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); letterman (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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