Definition of Open letter

1. Noun. A letter of protest; addressed to one person but intended for the general public.

Generic synonyms: Letter, Missive

Definition of Open letter

1. Noun. A letter addressed to one person but published (as for example in a newspaper) for the public to read. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Open Letter

open flap
open floor plan
open fracture
open frame
open goal
open half space
open half spaces
open head injury
open heart surgery
open hospital
open house
open houses
open interest
open interval
open jaw
open letter (current term)
open letters
open lung biopsy
open market
open markets
open marriages
open matte
open mic
open mind
open minds
open one's big mouth
open order
open outcry

Literary usage of Open letter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Capital of the Tycoon: A Narrative of a Three Years' Residence in Japan by Rutherford Alcock (1863)
"... all those who have been able to become acquainted with the contents of ' An open letter' were astonished at the precision and exactitude with which ..."

2. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1906)
"... conditions that will secure efficient and successful management. Boston, Mass. FRANK PARSONS. AN open letter TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. BY HON. ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Edward Aloysius Pace, Charles George Herbermann (1922)
"compact was drawn up whereby one district was to In the "open letter" of the bishop of Zanzibar, the "Federation" acknowledged the Bible as the complaint ..."

4. Governor Chamberlain's Administration in South Carolina: A Chapter of by Walter Allen (1888)
"Record of the Campaign Continued—Graphic Letter of a South Carolina Democrat to the New York Tribune—An open letter Addressed to Governor Chamberlain by ..."

5. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1883)
"HONORED SIB : Accept my heartiest thanks for the glad surprise which your open letter had afforded me. It gave me a surprise: for when I asked you to ..."

6. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1909)
"open letter TO DR. S. IREN^IUS PRIME From ' Life and Letters/ pp. 225-231. Copyright by Presbyterian Committee of Publication, Richmond. ..."

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