as in postmaster
a person who delivers mail
the postman comes at around nine every morning
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Recent Examples of postman
And there was a very particular shot with the postman, who's bringing the telegram, and that was very specifically Brasilia.
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Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
And when your town is so small that everyone knows everyone else – Mjällby’s head coach is a school principal and its scout is a postman – your weaknesses can become your biggest strengths.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
In the aftermath of his breakout performance as Bishop in the film Juice, a young Tupac Shakur was plucked by director John Singleton to star as a postman named Lucky in Poetic Justice.
—Jeff Pearlman, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
Boy Scouts marched, as did fraternities, high-school classes, postmen, and newspaper columnists.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
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Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
And when your town is so small that everyone knows everyone else – Mjällby’s head coach is a school principal and its scout is a postman – your weaknesses can become your biggest strengths.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
In the aftermath of his breakout performance as Bishop in the film Juice, a young Tupac Shakur was plucked by director John Singleton to star as a postman named Lucky in Poetic Justice.
—Jeff Pearlman, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
Boy Scouts marched, as did fraternities, high-school classes, postmen, and newspaper columnists.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for postman
Noun
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The owner’s name was Sidney Steele and his grandfather was Ashbel Steele, one of the first permanent settlers in River Forest, who served as the coroner, sheriff and postmaster.—
Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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It was built in 1830 by William Love, who, as the municipality’s first postmaster, had the privilege of bestowing a name on the town.—
Chelsea Brasted,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The mail was delivered, but the mailman didn’t take the food.—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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Chicago, the city where John Prine began his career as a singing mailman in the early Seventies and where he was eventually discovered by Kris Kristofferson, will play host to a major tribute concert to the late singer-songwriter just days before what would have been Prine’s 80th birthday.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
Noun
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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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The United States Postal Service does not operate on Memorial Day, which means no mail carriers will be on the streets and all post offices will be closed.—
Emery Glover,
Des Moines Register,
13 May 2026
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“Postman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postman. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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