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speedletter

speedletter noun: a kind of military communication that is delivered especially quickly, bypassing the usual delivery system, and does not employ electrical transmission.

Noun

speedletter (plural speedletters)

  1. (historical) A kind of military communication that is delivered especially quickly, bypassing the usual delivery system, and does not employ electrical transmission.

Forms of speedletter

pluralspeedletters

Origin of speedletter

speed + letter

Questions about speedletter

What does speedletter mean?
Speedletter means a kind of military communication that is delivered especially quickly, bypassing the usual delivery system, and does not employ electrical transmission.
What part of speech is speedletter?
Speedletter is a noun.
What is the plural of speedletter?
The plural of speedletter is speedletters.

Words near speedletter in the dictionary

  1. speedlamps
  2. speedlang
  3. speedlangs
  4. speedless
  5. speedlessness
  6. speedletter
  7. speedletters
  8. speedlight
  9. speedlights
  10. speedloader
  11. speedloaders

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