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mail clerk

noun

Definition of mail clerk 

1 : one who does clerical work (as selling stamps or sorting or canceling mail) in a post office

2 : a mail sorter on a railway mail car

3 : an employee who handles mail in a private or government establishment that is not part of the post-office department

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