as in postman
a person who delivers mail
the mailman usually leaves packages outside the mailbox
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Recent Examples of mailman
Just as Xavier realizes Gary is not to be trusted, the mailman sets off the bomb.
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026
So the barking of the mailman’s dog, Lightning, could have been consternation, or merely appetite.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
Who strews the gifts, who distributes Them, who carries them, what mailman.
—Patricia Lockwood, The New York Review of Books, 5 Mar. 2026
Later, there will be a mysterious mailman (Cameron Britton) and a slew of children in need.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 Feb. 2026
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026
So the barking of the mailman’s dog, Lightning, could have been consternation, or merely appetite.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
Who strews the gifts, who distributes Them, who carries them, what mailman.
—Patricia Lockwood, The New York Review of Books, 5 Mar. 2026
Later, there will be a mysterious mailman (Cameron Britton) and a slew of children in need.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for mailman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mailman
Noun
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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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In the third row is an exceptionally tall young man, still wearing his postman’s uniform.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
Noun
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Grove appealed on First Amendment grounds, and a federal court reversed the postmaster’s ruling.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Authorities initially looked into a truck driver and a postmaster, but both were dead ends.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
Noun
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In 2025, more than 5,200 dog attacks on postal service employees were recorded, a notable decrease from 2024, when 6,000 mail carriers were attacked, per the May 28 report released ahead of National Dog Bite Awareness Week, which runs through June 30.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
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Orbegoso said the hospice nurse went to work on papers in her car a block over after leaving the house, when their mail carrier approached her.—
Marissa Sulek,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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“Mailman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mailman. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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