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

But more relevant here are the multiple stalker fan letters to Dr. Squatch asking for this exact product — and definitely asking for worse things. —Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025

The one where a young girl wants to write a fan letter to Olympic hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone? —Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2024

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, 31 July 2024

To match a scene in the movie where Dylan visits his record company and is handed a mailbag full of fan letters, the museum now features a collection of actual mail Dylan received (and never opened), in a vintage mailbag to boot. —David Browne, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fan letter

• abettor
• newsletter
• typesetter
• better
• bettor
• debtor
• fetter
• getter
• netter
• petar
• petter
• rhetor