Definition of "letterless" in английский

adjective

1. Without the presence or use of alphabetical letters.

2. Not having received a letter; (of a period of time) during which no letter is received. (of a person)

3. Illiterate.

   • a letterless peasant
   • 1760, William Law, A Collection of Letters, London: J. Richardson, Letter I, p. 20, I join therefore in the public Assemblies, not because of the Purity, or Perfection of that which is done, or to be found there, but because of that which is meant and intended by them: They mean the holy, public Worship of God; they mean the Edification of Christians; they are of great Use to many People; they keep the World from a total Forgetfulness of God; they help the Ignorant and Letterless to such a Knowledge of God, and the Scriptures, as they would not have without them.