a college sportsman who has achieved a set level of success in his sport and so has been awarded cloth letters of the initials of his college, to be displayed on an item of clothing
letterman in American English
(ˈlɛtərˌmæn)
US
nounWord forms: pluralˈletterˌmen (ˈlɛtərˌmɛn)
a student who has won a school letter, as for proficiency in a sport
Examples of 'letterman' in a sentence
letterman
It was even wearing a letterman jacket like the one he wore.
Isobel Bird CIRCLE OF THREE: BOOK 1: SO MOTE IT BE (2001)