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Lettered

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Educated to read and write; literate.

adj. Highly educated; learned.

adj. Of or relating to literacy or learning.

adj. Inscribed or marked with or as if with letters.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Literate (able to read writing in letters).

adj. Educated, especially having a degree (entitled to put an abbreviation such as BS, MA, PhD, MD after a signature).

v. Simple past of letter.

v. Past participle of letter

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Literate; educated; versed in literature.

adj. Of or pertaining to learning or literature; learned.

adj. Inscribed or stamped with letters.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Literate; educated; versed in literature or science.

Of or pertaining to learning; marked by or devoted to literary culture: as, lettered ease or retirement.

In zoology and botany, marked as if with letters; having spots which look like letters, or make the surface seem to be written over: as, the lettered tortoise (Emys scripta); the lettered chinamark (Diasemia literalis, small brown British moth).

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. highly educated; having extensive information or understanding

Word Usage

"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."

Equivalent

educated

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

literate educated learned

Verb Stem

letter

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

bettered fettered petard unfettered