Letters of Junius

Preserved but no longer current.

Meaning · English

See JUNTOS. Letters Patent, or Overt. See PATENT.

Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)

Sources & notes

Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.

Common questions

What does “Letters of Junius” mean?

See JUNTOS. Letters Patent, or Overt. See PATENT.

Is “Letters of Junius” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.