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
Gates’ death resurfaced for local carriers in summer 2025 after Jacob Taylor, a Dallas letter carrier, collapsed on his route on a day when temperatures were in the 90s.
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Joseph Morton, Dallas Morning News, 2 Jan. 2026
As of 2024, arrests in connection with robbing letter carriers were up 73%, and between 2019 and 2022, letter carrier robberies increased sixfold, and high-volume mailbox theft increased 87%, according to the Postal Service and the Postal Inspection Service.
—James Herrera Monterey Daily Herald, Arkansas Online, 28 Dec. 2025
Magdamit formerly worked as a letter carrier at the Torrance Main Post Office and has been in federal custody since July 1.
—Julie Sharp, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
The former letter carrier Stolden worked with will be sentenced on Sept. 14.
—Sierra Van Der Brug, Oc Register, 8 Sep. 2025
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Joseph Morton, Dallas Morning News, 2 Jan. 2026
As of 2024, arrests in connection with robbing letter carriers were up 73%, and between 2019 and 2022, letter carrier robberies increased sixfold, and high-volume mailbox theft increased 87%, according to the Postal Service and the Postal Inspection Service.
—James Herrera Monterey Daily Herald, Arkansas Online, 28 Dec. 2025
Magdamit formerly worked as a letter carrier at the Torrance Main Post Office and has been in federal custody since July 1.
—Julie Sharp, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
The former letter carrier Stolden worked with will be sentenced on Sept. 14.
—Sierra Van Der Brug, Oc Register, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for letter carrier
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Images of your friendly neighborhood mail carrier trundling along the roadside in a boxy white mailtruck or walking up to the door in striped federal blue are as American as apple pie, but in this 250th birthday year for the nation, not everyone gets to partake in this American experience.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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After college, the native New Yorker worked as a mail carrier, and briefly a Hollywood development man.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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DeMotte was later elected to Congress, then appointed Valparaiso’s postmaster by President Abraham Lincoln.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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Avery was the postmaster of the Pacoima Post Office from 1961 until her retirement in 1984.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Letter carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/letter%20carrier. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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