letter writer

See also: letter-writer

English

Alternative forms

• 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.
   • 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 46:

     The Indian letter-writers, awaiting clients, fresh paper and carbons rolled into their machines, greeted Victor Crabbe with smiles and waved hands.

3. A book containing examples of letters that can be imitated by those who wish to write correspondence.

Translations

correspondent

• Afrikaans: briefskrywer
• German: Briefeschreiber m
• Greek: αλληλογράφος (el) m or f (allilográfos)
• Swedish: brevskrivare (sv) c