as in letter carrier
a person who delivers mail
we always give our faithful mail carrier a special card for Christmas
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Recent Examples of mail carrier
Police said Wheat was working as a mail carrier in Kennesaw when she’s accused of swiping credit cards from at least two residents on her route.
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Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2025
He was employed at P.H. Selley in Mankato, MN, as a mail carrier for 9 years.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
In 1925, Hass (rhymes with pass) was 33 years old and earning 25 cents an hour as a mail carrier in Pasadena.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 1 Feb. 2025
Once home to carpenters, electricians and mail carriers, property values have skyrocketed over the intervening decades, especially as owners have renovated the once-small houses to add more bedrooms and bathrooms.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
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Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2025
He was employed at P.H. Selley in Mankato, MN, as a mail carrier for 9 years.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
In 1925, Hass (rhymes with pass) was 33 years old and earning 25 cents an hour as a mail carrier in Pasadena.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 1 Feb. 2025
Once home to carpenters, electricians and mail carriers, property values have skyrocketed over the intervening decades, especially as owners have renovated the once-small houses to add more bedrooms and bathrooms.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mail carrier
Noun
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Karen Bass, daughter of a letter carrier, beat him by 7 points.—
Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Holmes then allegedly searched the letter carrier’s pockets before entering the postal vehicle and taking a tub containing mail, prosecutors said.—
Samantha Moilanen,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In 1835, an anti-abolition mob raided the Charleston, South Carolina, post office and, with the help of the city postmaster, burned bundles of abolitionist newspapers.—
Sarah Prager,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Mar. 2025
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The federal government was small by modern standards, but President Jackson’s appointment of loyalists as federal land agents and postmasters meant that political appointees had power to allocate lucrative land sales in the frontier and distribute partisan newspapers.—
Yong Kwon / Made by History,
TIME,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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James Blackledge, a 33-year-old postman in Bristol, England, has made sacrifices too.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN,
24 Mar. 2025
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These trees are all clones from the original Hass tree developed by Rudolph Hass, a postman in Los Angeles.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Mail carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mail%20carrier. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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