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
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.
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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
Mailman is also a shameful revelation of the inexcusable working conditions that letter carriers are subjected to: The injury rate for postal workers is higher than for coal miners.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2025
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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
Mailman is also a shameful revelation of the inexcusable working conditions that letter carriers are subjected to: The injury rate for postal workers is higher than for coal miners.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for letter carrier
Noun
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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
Noun
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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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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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“Letter carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/letter%20carrier. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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