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 On the table in front of her was a fan letter from an 80-year-old man who described himself as a gay Democrat. Jacob Bernstein, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024 However, Blanco allegedly continued conducting drug trades from behind bars through her boyfriend, a dealer who’d sent her a fan letter in 1991. María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2024 These short essays are like ekphrastic poems, or odes, or elegies, or fan letters. Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2024 His office and studio yielded many other illuminating artifacts, including fan letters and artworks. Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023 Hiro sent him a fan letter, and the two began writing to each other. Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023 Lujack received hundreds of fan letters at Notre Dame. Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 25 July 2023 Sands received fan letters about that moment and reveled in the film’s commercial and critical success. Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2023 On May 29, 1979, Mary Jo Salter, then a young editor at the Atlantic, wrote her first fan letter. Malcolm Forbes, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2023

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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 28 Mar. 2024.

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