Definition of letterman in US English:
letterman
noun ˈledərmənˈlɛdərmənˈlɛdərmən
US A high school or college student who has earned a letter in an interscholastic or intercollegiate activity, especially a sport.
Example sentencesExamples
- An Illinois native, McNeive was a four-year letterman in baseball and basketball at Monmouth College.
- He preceded me as a four-sport letterman at Orange High School in New Jersey.
- All together, 11 lettermen are back, including every starter except center Jamar Smith.
- He then went to the University of Washington, where he was a three-year letterman and a two-year starter.
- He grew up in Brooklyn, the son of a well-to-do family, a letterman in three sports and the most popular boy in the senior class at Erasmus High.
- Notre Dame will feature 29 senior lettermen.
- He was a four-year varsity letterman in bowling and was the team captain and most valuable player his junior and senior years.