Definition of Letterman

1. Noun. An athlete who has earned a letter in a school sport.

Generic synonyms: Athlete, Jock

Definition of Letterman

1. Noun. (American English) A college student who has attained a specified level of participation in a sporting or other activity, and is awarded a cloth “letter” to be affixed to an item of clothing. ¹

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Definition of Letterman

1. [n LETTERMEN]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Letterman

letterboxing
letterboxings
lettercard
lettered
letterer
letterer-siwe disease
letterers
letterform
letterforms
letterhead
letterheads
lettering
letterings
letterless
letterlike
letterman
lettermen
lettern
letterns
letterpress
letterpressed
letterpresses
letters
letters after one's name
letters close
letters of administration
letters of credit
letters of marque
letters of recommendation
letters patent

Literary usage of Letterman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An apology for the Bible, in a series of letters addressed to T. Paine by Richard Watson (1808)
"... Letterman, , AVE MARIA LANE, LONDON. A COMPANION TO THE ALTAR; showing the Nature and ... Letterman ..."

2. The Other Side of War, with the Army of the Potomac: Letters from the by Katharine Prescott Wormeley (1889)
"1 Dr. Letterman. Soon after his appointment he reorganized his department, remodelled the medical corps, established a plan for division field-hospitals ..."

3. The Sanitary Commission of the United States Army: A Succinct Narrative of by United States Sanitary Commission (1864)
"... at Gettysburg did not cease until the last of the wounded had left " Camp Letterman." On the 17th of November—four and a half months after the battle, ..."

4. A Manual of Ambulance Transport by Thomas Longmore, William Albert Morris (1893)
"The late General Jonathan Letterman of the Medical ¡Service of the United States, who organised the medical department of the army of the Potomac, ..."

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