Pen-friend (Noun)
Meaning
A person you come to know by frequent friendly correspondence.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- As a teenager, I had a pen-friend in France whom I would exchange letters with regularly to improve my language skills.
- After joining a language exchange website, Emily made a pen-friend in Brazil and the two kept in touch by sharing stories and photos.
- The girl was overjoyed when she received her first letter from a pen-friend she had made through a school project.
- Sarah's grandmother told her stories about her pen-friends in Japan from back in the 1950s and the gifts they would exchange.
- Despite living on opposite sides of the world, Rachel and her pen-friend from Australia remained close friends throughout the years.