as in postmaster
a person who delivers mail
the postman comes at around nine every morning
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Recent Examples of postman
James Blackledge, a 33-year-old postman in Bristol, England, has made sacrifices too.
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Rob Picheta, CNN, 24 Mar. 2025
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
That’s so nice!), and Shep, in turn, runs and scares the annoying postman (Shep!
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2025
Cruz was indicted Thursday for second-degree murder in the 2:30 p.m. stabbing of the 36-year-old postman at Joe’s Grocery, on Lenox Rd.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2025
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Rob Picheta, CNN, 24 Mar. 2025
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
That’s so nice!), and Shep, in turn, runs and scares the annoying postman (Shep!
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2025
Cruz was indicted Thursday for second-degree murder in the 2:30 p.m. stabbing of the 36-year-old postman at Joe’s Grocery, on Lenox Rd.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for postman
Noun
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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
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Reynolds retired as postmaster of the Yosemite post office in 2023 after a 44-year USPS career in and near the national park.—
Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
Noun
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What government services will operate on Juneteenth? Don’t expect to see your mailman delivering on Juneteenth.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2025
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Ever since moving to her new home in a small town, dog owner Lydia, 30, from Wisconsin, has been documenting the precious bond between her pup, Opal, and the mailman.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
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This design offers a bird's-eye view of a bustling town, using sequential artwork to tell the story of a mail carrier's journey through four seasons.—
Kristen Waggoner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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Notably, Houston mail carrier Heman Marion Sweatt was the successful plaintiff in the 1950 US Supreme Court case Sweatt v. Painter, the precursor to Brown v. Board of Education.—
Sarah Prager,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Postman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postman. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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