pen pal

noun

1. a person with whom one keeps up an exchange of letters, usually someone so far away that a personal meeting is unlikely.

   My niece in Texas has a pen pal in France.

pen pal

noun

1. Also called: pen friend. a person with whom one regularly exchanges letters, often a person in another country whom one has not met

Word History and Origins

Origin of pen pal¹

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40

Related Words

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