as in postman
a person who delivers mail
the mailman usually leaves packages outside the mailbox
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Recent Examples of mailman
Ironically, Vaughan’s farewell also coincided with Tim’s retirement after nearly three decades of working as a mailman.
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Ashley Vega, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Barry Gibbs was a familiar figure around the Manhattan enclave of Sutton Place, a mailman who delivered packages among the dignified apartment buildings staffed by uniformed doormen.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
Cooper, a former mailman before turning his sights to music, sings about the memories and life moments that the numbers on a mailbox signify to someone who calls an address home.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 17 Mar. 2025
Trans suspect in mailman's stabbing murder escorted out of NYPD precinct
Jaia Cruz, also known as Alvin, allegedly stabbed an on-duty US Postal Service mail carrier Thursday during a dispute while the two were waiting in line at a Manhattan deli.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 23 Jan. 2025
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Ashley Vega, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Barry Gibbs was a familiar figure around the Manhattan enclave of Sutton Place, a mailman who delivered packages among the dignified apartment buildings staffed by uniformed doormen.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
Cooper, a former mailman before turning his sights to music, sings about the memories and life moments that the numbers on a mailbox signify to someone who calls an address home.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 17 Mar. 2025
Trans suspect in mailman's stabbing murder escorted out of NYPD precinct
Jaia Cruz, also known as Alvin, allegedly stabbed an on-duty US Postal Service mail carrier Thursday during a dispute while the two were waiting in line at a Manhattan deli.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mailman
Noun
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The easiest life to imagine was the life of the postman.—
Patricia Lockwood,
New Yorker,
18 May 2025
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These trees are all clones from the original Hass tree developed by Rudolph Hass, a postman in Los Angeles.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Her grandfather was postmaster in Lake Nebagamon, Wis., in the 1930s.—
Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
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McClatchy News reached out to her attorney May 27 and was awaiting a response. LeBlanc, 48, a longtime postal service employee, worked as Seekonk Post Office’s postmaster from late 2023 to the beginning of 2025, prosecutors said.—
Sara Schilling,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2025
Noun
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His mail carrier is sympathetic, advising him to hire someone to handle the paper blizzard.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
1 July 2025
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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.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
30 June 2025
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“Mailman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mailman. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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