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 the first season, Blippi and his sidekick, Meekah, met truck drivers, mail carriers, pizza makers, astronauts, and firefighters.
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Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 26 Aug. 2025
Global mail carriers suspended parcel deliveries to the US in the face of uncertainty over new duties on low-cost packages.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Video showed an unidentified mail carrier approaching their home, then stopping to spray an unknown substance from a canister onto a letter.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Wire fraud involves wire communication sent across state lines to promote or commit fraud, while mail fraud involves the use of the U.S. Mail (or other mail carriers) to execute a scheme.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 26 Aug. 2025
Global mail carriers suspended parcel deliveries to the US in the face of uncertainty over new duties on low-cost packages.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Video showed an unidentified mail carrier approaching their home, then stopping to spray an unknown substance from a canister onto a letter.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Wire fraud involves wire communication sent across state lines to promote or commit fraud, while mail fraud involves the use of the U.S. Mail (or other mail carriers) to execute a scheme.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mail carrier
Noun
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The former letter carrier Stolden worked with will be sentenced on Sept. 14.—
Sierra van der Brug,
Oc Register,
8 Sep. 2025
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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
Noun
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Originally from Ohio, Frank came to what is now Fort Lauderdale in 1893 and founded a thriving trading business with the Seminoles and eventually worked as the area’s postmaster.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
10 Oct. 2025
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In 1926, the court held that since postmasters were presidential-appointees exercising executive power, they could also be fired by the president.—
Tom Campbell,
Oc Register,
24 Sep. 2025
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Brisbane, Australia — A postman has been hailed a hero for performing an extraordinary act perhaps only fully appreciated by people who dry their bed sheets outside in the sun.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
22 Aug. 2025
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Boy Scouts marched, as did fraternities, high-school classes, postmen, and newspaper columnists.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Mail carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mail%20carrier. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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