fan letter

noun

: a letter sent to a public figure by an admirer

Examples of fan letter in a Sentence

She sent a fan letter to her favorite star.
Recent Examples on the Web The commercial has a young girl who wants to write a fan letter to her hero, who’s an Olympic gold medalist or something like that. Sean Illing, Vox, 10 Oct. 2024 It’s reported that Charles Manson received up to 60,000 fan letters a year until his death in 2017. John Semley, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2024 Megan Morrone Updated Jul 31, 2024 - Technology Google Olympics ad sparks new ire over generative AI Google's new ad for AI, featuring a dad using the Gemini chatbot to help his daughter write a fan letter to an Olympic gold medalist, is roiling the internet. Megan Morrone, Axios, 2 Aug. 2024 This commercial showing somebody having a child use AI to write a fan letter to her hero SUCKS. Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fan letter 

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Word History

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fan letter was in 1932

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“Fan letter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fan%20letter. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.

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