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 United States Postal Service does not operate on Memorial Day, which means no mail carriers will be on the streets and all post offices will be closed.
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Emery Glover,
Des Moines Register,
13 May 2026
Put the envelope in your mailbox, give it to your mail carrier or take it to the post office.
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Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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.
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Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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Emery Glover,
Des Moines Register,
13 May 2026
Put the envelope in your mailbox, give it to your mail carrier or take it to the post office.
—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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.
—
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mail carrier
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Court documents showed the attack left the letter carrier with a broken nose, a fractured orbital socket, and a permanent metal plate placed inside his face due to his injuries.
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The letter carrier suffered a broken nose and a fractured orbital socket, prosecutors said.
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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).
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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.
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The postman will stop you for a chat, and people will remember your kids’ names.
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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.
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“Mail carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mail%20carrier. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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