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