SINCE 1828
mail clerk
nounDefinition 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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