as in postman
a person who delivers mail
the sort of small Cornish village in which the local postie knows everyone's business
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Noun
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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 -
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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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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After that, my father consulted with our mailman, who went to his truck and returned with a large cannister of mace.—
Peter Hessler,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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Learn to Say No On indie sets, everyone has an opinion — actors, DP, their mom, the mailman.—
Chris Cardillo,
Rolling Stone,
26 May 2026
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“Postie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postie. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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