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Lett

Lett

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A family name used by some people
  • proper noun
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  • This year I wasn't able to attend, but I am happy to feature a guest post by Jessamyn Lett, a landscape designer at Middlebrook Gardens, and a recent graduate of the UC Davis landscape architecture program.
  • firm of Letts
  • Letts says

Examples

  • But Letts says the firm's overall management style has kept big-time corporate clients coming back.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Like other outside lawyers, Letts will not discuss her firm's rates.

    Academic text (2004)
  • "We tell them they don't have to go through five or six lawyers before they get to us," Letts says.

    Academic text (2004)
  • "I really believe that small firms have been more attuned to the bottom line than large firms," says Letts, another litigation section corporate counsel co-chair.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Letts has undergone the opposite experience as a name partner in the 13-lawyer Chicago firm of Greene & Letts.

    Academic text (2004)
  • The anthropologist James Lett attributed improper news coverage to journalists' need to reinforce the views already held by the general public (Lett 1986, 33).

    Academic text (2009)
  • Letts adds that the firm can take on some fairly heavy-duty jobs by partnering with other small offices or by temporarily engaging individual lawyers with needed special skills.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Tracy Letts received a prestigious award for his playwriting.

  • Many students admire Professor Letts for his engaging lectures.

  • The interview featured interviews with several notable figures, including Letts.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Lett as a family name probably started as a word for someone from Latvia, because many last names come from the place a family came from. So when you meet someone named Lett, their name may point to Latvian roots.