"letter writer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: letter writers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} letter writer (plural letter writers)
  1. A correspondent; a writer of letters. Categories (topical): Books Synonyms: letter-writer Translations (correspondent): briefskrywer (Afrikaans), Briefeschreiber [masculine] (German), αλληλογράφος (allilográfos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), brevskrivare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-letter_writer-en-noun-T2b406tW Disambiguation of Books: 52 13 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 15 32 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 59 12 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 7 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 6 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 41 40 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 63 13 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 58 13 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 56 21 23 Disambiguation of 'correspondent': 86 7 6
  2. A person employed to write letters for illiterate people; a person who does this as an occupation.
    Sense id: en-letter_writer-en-noun-1PbHgFCJ Categories (other): Terms with Afrikaans translations Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 41 40 19
  3. A book containing examples of letters that can be imitated by those who wish to write correspondence.
    Sense id: en-letter_writer-en-noun-N4OtNJ1f Categories (other): Terms with Afrikaans translations Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 41 40 19

Inflected forms

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