Meanings
nounletter writer (plural letter writers)
plural letter writers · alternative letter-writer
- A correspondent; a writer of letters.
- 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 - A book containing examples of letters that can be imitated by those who wish to write correspondence.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans briefskrywer
- briefskrywercorrespondent
Chinese Mandarin 代書先生 /代书先生, 書啓先生 /书启先生
- 代書先生 /代书先生 (dàishū xiānshēng)correspondent
- 書啓先生 /书启先生 (shūqǐ xiānshēng)correspondent
German Briefeschreiber
- Briefeschreibercorrespondent
Greek αλληλογράφος
- αλληλογράφος (allilográfos)correspondent
Swedish brevskrivare
- brevskrivarecorrespondent
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Chicago
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