mailman
nounUS /ˈmeɪl.mæn/ · /ˈmeɪl.mɛən/
Etymology From mail + man.
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Canada, US Someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.
- "What I'm thinking," she said, "is that I'll become a mailman. They're hiring women mailmen now, you know. […]"1974, Ella Leffland, Love Out of Season, page 364:
- Synonyms
- letter carrier, mail carrier, mailperson, postal carrier, postie, postman, postperson