as in letter carrier
a person who delivers mail
we always give our faithful mail carrier a special card for Christmas
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Recent Examples of mail carrier
The Government Accountability Office determined in 2011 that using mail carriers to do the work of census takers wouldn't be cost-effective since they're paid significantly more than the temporary census workers.
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ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
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
After college, the native New Yorker worked as a mail carrier, and briefly a Hollywood development man.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
The trio then drove to San Francisco to find a mail carrier to rob, prosecutors said.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
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ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
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
After college, the native New Yorker worked as a mail carrier, and briefly a Hollywood development man.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
The trio then drove to San Francisco to find a mail carrier to rob, prosecutors said.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mail carrier
Noun
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Residents in Highland Park, Highwood, Fort Sheridan, and parts of Deerfield and Lake Forest were asked to leave non-perishable food in their mailboxes ahead of Saturday, May 9, for letter carriers to pick up.—
Elyssa Kaufman,
CBS News,
9 May 2026
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On Saturday May 9, letter carriers across the state will collect nonperishable food donations from homes and businesses along their route as part of the annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.—
Dale Denwalt,
Oklahoman,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Grove appealed on First Amendment grounds, and a federal court reversed the postmaster’s ruling.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Authorities initially looked into a truck driver and a postmaster, but both were dead ends.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
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Halfway through Diva, Jean-Jacques Beineix’s 1981 thriller about a young postman caught in a gangster plot after secretly recording a beautiful Black American opera soprano, the singer has a tough conversation with her agent.—
Matthew Ritchie,
Pitchfork,
2 June 2026
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In the third row is an exceptionally tall young man, still wearing his postman’s uniform.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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“Mail carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mail%20carrier. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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