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
In Dallas, a mail carrier died after collapsing on his route earlier this month as local temperatures hovered in the 90s, according to CBS News Texas.
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Alain Sherter, CBS News, 30 June 2025
Rural mail carriers for the U.S. Postal Service will also be exempt when carrying out deliveries, as will taxi passengers.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Rate of dog attacks by region In 2024, mail carriers were nearly 75% more likely to be attacked in the Midwest than in the South.
—Jocelyn Shek, NBC news, 10 June 2025
Give them to your mail carrier and gardeners, as well as veterinary offices.
—Lisa Bloch, Mercury News, 20 May 2025
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Alain Sherter, CBS News, 30 June 2025
Rural mail carriers for the U.S. Postal Service will also be exempt when carrying out deliveries, as will taxi passengers.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Rate of dog attacks by region In 2024, mail carriers were nearly 75% more likely to be attacked in the Midwest than in the South.
—Jocelyn Shek, NBC news, 10 June 2025
Give them to your mail carrier and gardeners, as well as veterinary offices.
—Lisa Bloch, Mercury News, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mail carrier
Noun
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That includes a son who is a letter carrier in Fairfield.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Dog owners are on the hook to cover the cost of medical bills, lost wages and uniform replacement when letter carriers are attacked.—
Laura A. Bischoff,
The Enquirer,
4 July 2025
Noun
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The department uses a Rural Mail Carrier Survey to track Ohio’s rabbit population, which involves distributing survey cards to all postmasters across the state, who then give the cards to the carriers delivering mail on rural routes.—
Emma Wozniak,
The Enquirer,
31 July 2025
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His father was a mostly unsuccessful lawyer, a downbeat man who also worked as a shopkeeper, postmaster and judge.—
Dwight Garner,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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The gritty period riff follows a postman (Liu Haroan) who hides Chinese soldiers and civilians while working as a photo developer during the Japanese occupation.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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The film is set around the events of the Nanjing Massacre in 1937, where a postman named A Chang pretends to be a photo developer in a photo studio, developing photos for the Japanese army.—
Sara Merican,
Deadline,
28 July 2025
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“Mail carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mail%20carrier. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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