as in postmaster
a person who delivers mail
the postman comes at around nine every morning
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Recent Examples of postman
In 1968, an overzealous pup nipped a postman delivering mail to Balmoral Castle.
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Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
19 Apr. 2026
Two postmen came every day; the one from the South generally came earlier.
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Colm Tóibín,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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.
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Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
19 Apr. 2026
Two postmen came every day; the one from the South generally came earlier.
—
Colm Tóibín,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
And there was a very particular shot with the postman, who's bringing the telegram, and that was very specifically Brasilia.
—
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for postman
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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).
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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.
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The mailman already knows your name, so leave the curb-appeal-building moves to smart paint picks and pretty planters instead.
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Prine had been working as a mailman, but Ebert’s review gave him enough notoriety to draw the attention of Kris Kristofferson and, later, Atlantic Records.
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Reynolds was employed as a rural mail carrier for the USPS, according to The Wilkes Record.
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Holý’s fourth feature centers on widow Zdena, a mail carrier in a small Czech village who leads a quiet life.
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“Postman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postman. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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