单词 | letter writer |
释义 | > as lemmasletter writer letter writer n. (a) a person who writes letters; (b) (more fully manifold letter writer) a machine used for copying letters (now historical and rare). ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter-writing > [noun] > letter-writer secretary1587 epistler1592 epistolizer1615 letter writer1615 epistoler1620 epistolographer1687 scribe1712 epistolist1743 epistolarian1807 epistolographist1818 epistolean1819 society > communication > printing > duplicating processes > [noun] > copying-machine rolling press1780 copying-press1785 copying-machine1803 letterpress1839 manifold letter writer1840 multigraph1878 chromograph1880 cyclostyle1883 graph1884 Roneo1901 jellygraph1919 Multilith1933 1615 M. R. (title) A president for young pen-men. Or the letter-writer. 1710 J. Addison Whig Examiner No. 2. ⁋4 Our Letter-writer here alludes to that known verse in Lucan. 1759 (title) The Complete Letter-Writer. 1840 Morning Chron. 12 Feb. 8/1 The improved Manifold Letter Writer..for producing letters and a copy simultaneously. 1888 Athenæum 14 Jan. 43/2 The same desire impels thousands of persons to write letters to the newspapers; but these letter-writers are not usually journalists. 1934 D. Thomas Let. 2 May (1987) 122 Let me be a model letter-writer for once, & reply to your letter page by page in strict order. 2009 N. Baker Anthologist ix. 137 Poets are good letter writers. < as lemmas |
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