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Definition of "lettered" []

  • Educated to read and write; literate. (adjective)
  • Highly educated; learned. (adjective)
  • Of or relating to literacy or learning. (adjective)
  • Inscribed or marked with or as if with letters. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "lettered" in a sentence
  • "FEMA managers smiled like the cavalry had come in; men in lettered jackets began directing men in hunting fatigues to various quadrants of the city."
  • "Toward the center of the island, well apart from each other on higher ground partially hidden by brush and trees, I could see a couple of frame houses, one of them in tumbledown condition; unpaved access roads led up to each property, and at the foot of each drive was a mailbox with a name lettered on it."
  • "The answer was on his lips even before his eyes discovered the boat she carried on top of the fo'c'sle, with her name lettered upon it."