1 beletter | Definition of beletter

beletter

transitive verb
be·​let·​ter | \ bÉ™-ˈle-tÉ™r, bÄ“-\

Definition of beletter

: to decorate the name of (a person) by appending abbreviations of official or academic rank the most academic and belettered conventionalist— Joseph Macleod

History and Etymology for beletter

be- + letter (of the alphabet)

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