as in mail carrier
a person who delivers mail
we like to leave a little gift in the mailbox around Christmas for our letter carrier
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Recent Examples of letter carrier
Since May 2023, the Postal Inspection Service has made over 1,200 arrests for letter carrier robberies and mail theft nationwide.
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Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
Karen Bass, daughter of a letter carrier, beat him by 7 points.
—Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
There’s a letter carrier called Penny Pal (Jenny Slate) that can rip people’s hearts out.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
Since May 2023, the Postal Inspection Service has made over 1,200 arrests for letter carrier robberies and mail theft nationwide.
—Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
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Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
Karen Bass, daughter of a letter carrier, beat him by 7 points.
—Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
There’s a letter carrier called Penny Pal (Jenny Slate) that can rip people’s hearts out.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
Since May 2023, the Postal Inspection Service has made over 1,200 arrests for letter carrier robberies and mail theft nationwide.
—Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for letter carrier
Noun
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This design offers a bird's-eye view of a bustling town, using sequential artwork to tell the story of a mail carrier's journey through four seasons.—
Kristen Waggoner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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Notably, Houston mail carrier Heman Marion Sweatt was the successful plaintiff in the 1950 US Supreme Court case Sweatt v. Painter, the precursor to Brown v. Board of Education.—
Sarah Prager,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Mar. 2025
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McClatchy News reached out to her attorney May 27 and was awaiting a response. LeBlanc, 48, a longtime postal service employee, worked as Seekonk Post Office’s postmaster from late 2023 to the beginning of 2025, prosecutors said.—
Sara Schilling,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2025
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Reynolds retired as postmaster of the Yosemite post office in 2023 after a 44-year USPS career in and near the national park.—
Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
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“Letter carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/letter%20carrier. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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