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
Canada Post and its largest postal workers’ union have agreed on tentative five-year collective bargaining agreements for the courier’s urban unit and its rural and suburban mail carriers.
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 23 Dec. 2025
For the holidays, mail carriers are allowed to receive non-cash gift items under $20; snacks and gift cards are a favorite.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2025
That includes farmworkers, mail carriers, construction workers, landscapers and more.
—Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 3 Dec. 2025
The Herreras, who live the in Panaorama City neighborhood of Los Angeles, were having a father and son day on one of the elder Herrera’s days off from his job as a mail carrier.
—Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 28 Nov. 2025
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 23 Dec. 2025
For the holidays, mail carriers are allowed to receive non-cash gift items under $20; snacks and gift cards are a favorite.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2025
That includes farmworkers, mail carriers, construction workers, landscapers and more.
—Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 3 Dec. 2025
The Herreras, who live the in Panaorama City neighborhood of Los Angeles, were having a father and son day on one of the elder Herrera’s days off from his job as a mail carrier.
—Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 28 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mail carrier
Noun
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This means that the postmark date won’t necessarily match the date when the mail was dropped off at a retail location or collected by a letter carrier, USPS officials said.—
Rashad Alexander,
Kansas City Star,
22 Jan. 2026
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As a result, the postmark date may not match the day a letter carrier collected the mail or a customer left it at a post office, the agency said.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The remailing program began in 1946, when the local postmaster and a businessman came up with Loveland’s stamp-collecting oddity.—
Mindy Sink,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
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The name seemed to change spelling in 1931 to honor the original postmaster, Dennis Wheatley, from the 1870 founding.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 Dec. 2025
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And when your town is so small that everyone knows everyone else – Mjällby’s head coach is a school principal and its scout is a postman – your weaknesses can become your biggest strengths.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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In the aftermath of his breakout performance as Bishop in the film Juice, a young Tupac Shakur was plucked by director John Singleton to star as a postman named Lucky in Poetic Justice.—
Jeff Pearlman,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Mail carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mail%20carrier. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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