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noun(let-ter)a symbol usually written or printed representing a speech sound and constituting a unit of an alphabet
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noun(let-ter)a direct or personal written or printed message addressed to a person or organization
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noun(let-ter)a written communication containing a grant —usually used in plural
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verb(let-ter)to set down in letters : print
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verb(let-ter)to mark with letters
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verb(let-ter)to win an athletic letter
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noun(let-ter)one that rents or leases
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plural noun(let-ter)letters issued by a government or sovereign to a private person in a private matter
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noun phrase(let-ter)a letter evidencing the right of an administrator to administer the goods or estate of a deceased person
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noun phrase(let-ter)written authority granted to a private person by a government to seize the subjects of a foreign state or their goods; specifically : a license granted to a private person to fit out an armed ship to plunder the enemy
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plural noun(let-ter)a writing (as from a sovereign) that confers on a designated person a grant in a form open for public inspection
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plural noun(let-ter)call sign
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noun phrase(let-ter)scholar
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noun phrase(let-ter)author
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noun phrase(let-ter)a woman who is a scholar
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noun phrase(let-ter)a woman who is an author