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English
Adjective
Greek letter (not comparable)
- (US) Alternative spelling of Greek-letter
1918, Kappa Alpha Theta, volume 33, page 358:Each Friday we held open house at the Young Women's Christian association for all Greek letter women who could come (if but for an hour) to sew for the French orphans.
1928, Balfour Blue Book, page 2:The following national Greek letter fraternities and sororities, served officially by this Company, were listed in our 1927 Blue Book...
1934, Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Caduceus, page 500:Other Greek letter house fires of importance here include the burning of the Pi Kappa Alpha house in the Christmas holidays of 1924 and the burning of the roof and second floor of the Delta Zeta house in the Spring of 1926.
Usage notes
- The term Greek letter may be used to describe fraternities and sororities generally, and honor societies in some cases, irrespective of whether the name of the organization actually contains letters of the Greek alphabet.
References
- ^ The Black Royalty, Exposed (digitized 2008), p. 326: "Greek Letter Organization (GLO) - Any sorority or fraternity is a GLO, even those that don't use Greek letters (such as Acacia and Farmhouse)".