fan mail
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fan mail
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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Views have slipped, Welker Farms’ most lucrative partnership dried up, and it has been a week since their last piece of fan mail.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
"I have had the privilege to meet many of you, and receive fan mail from all around the world!" she wrote.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
Luckily for them, wedding invitations are the most common fan mail that Bad Bunny receives, she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026
There’s one of him reading fan mail in the Pirates clubhouse before the game, and others of him embracing his wife, Vera, and his children afterward.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2024
“Your boy Waters and I corresponded a bit, and in his last—” “Wait, you read your fan mail now?”
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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