letter carrier

Definition of letter carriernext
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 mail is automatically postmarked at processing facilities, postmark dates won’t necessarily match the date a letter carrier collected the customer’s mail or dropped it off at a retail location. Medora Lee, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026 Postmarks are generally applied at those processing facilities, Hagen said, so the postmark date may not reflect the date the mail was collected by a letter carrier, dropped off at a retail location, or placed in a collection box. Vanessa Martínez, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026 Two Connecticut letter carriers will be honored with the National Safety Council‘s Million Mile Award this week. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for letter carrier
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Noun
  • His father was a mail carrier while his mother worked as a homemaker.
    René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026
  • Reynolds was employed as a rural mail carrier for the USPS, according to The Wilkes Record.
    Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • Watkins will play Elaine, who carries the spirit of Promise as the town’s head librarian, postmaster, sheriff, veterinarian, chaplain, and aunt to Asher (Eikenberry).
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 9 June 2026
  • It was seized by the post office (as Rosset had expected) and duly declared obscene by the postmaster of the city of New York, a man named Robert Christenberry.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

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“Letter carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/letter%20carrier. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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