penpal
nounUK /ˈpen.pæl/
US /ˈpen.pæl/
A penpal is a friend you write letters to, often someone who lives far away.
My penpal in Japan sends me postcards every month.
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2. A person you exchange emails or messages with regularly, especially to learn a language.
She found a German penpal online to practice her writing.
3. A companion you keep in touch with mainly through written communication rather than meeting in person.
After summer camp, the two girls became penpals and wrote all year.
4. A partner assigned to you in a school letter-writing project.
Our class got penpals from a school in another country.