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
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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.—
Kassia Bonesteel,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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The letter carrier suffered a broken nose and a fractured orbital socket, prosecutors said.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
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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).—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
9 June 2026
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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.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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The postman will stop you for a chat, and people will remember your kids’ names.—
Alli Forde,
Travel + Leisure,
8 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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“Mail carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mail%20carrier. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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