Definition

1. Noun:
   • Letters sent by admirers to a famous person: "Fan mail" refers to the letters, messages, or other correspondence sent by fans to a celebrity, public figure, or organization they admire.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The actor received a lot of fan mail after his latest movie.
  • She hired an assistant to help her manage the large volume of fan mail.

Advanced Usage

• "to be inundated/swamped with fan mail": to receive an overwhelming amount of fan mail.
  • The pop star was inundated with fan mail following her charity concert.
• "to answer/respond to fan mail": to reply to letters from fans.
  • The author makes an effort to personally answer some of her fan mail.

Variants and Related Words

• Fan letter (n): a single letter from a fan. This is often used interchangeably with "fan mail," though "fan mail" can refer to the collective correspondence.
  • She saved every fan letter she ever received.

Synonyms

• Admirer mail: correspondence from admirers (less common).
• Fan correspondence: a more formal term for communication from fans.

Related Phrases

• Fan club mail: mail specifically sent to or through an organized fan club.
  • The fan club mail is sorted separately from the general fan mail.

Noun

1. mail sent to public figures from their admirers
   • he hired someone to answer his fan mail