as in postmaster
a person who delivers mail
the postman comes at around nine every morning
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Recent Examples of postman
Boy Scouts marched, as did fraternities, high-school classes, postmen, and newspaper columnists.
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Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
The gritty period riff follows a postman (Liu Haroan) who hides Chinese soldiers and civilians while working as a photo developer during the Japanese occupation.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2025
The film is set around the events of the Nanjing Massacre in 1937, where a postman named A Chang pretends to be a photo developer in a photo studio, developing photos for the Japanese army.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 28 July 2025
Marble Falls postman Kendall Myers spent much of Monday sitting in a hotel room, refreshing the Federal Emergency Management Agency website on his phone.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 14 July 2025
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Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
The gritty period riff follows a postman (Liu Haroan) who hides Chinese soldiers and civilians while working as a photo developer during the Japanese occupation.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2025
The film is set around the events of the Nanjing Massacre in 1937, where a postman named A Chang pretends to be a photo developer in a photo studio, developing photos for the Japanese army.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 28 July 2025
Marble Falls postman Kendall Myers spent much of Monday sitting in a hotel room, refreshing the Federal Emergency Management Agency website on his phone.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for postman
Noun
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The name seemed to change spelling in 1931 to honor the original postmaster, Dennis Wheatley, from the 1870 founding.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 Dec. 2025
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Originally from Ohio, Frank came to what is now Fort Lauderdale in 1893 and founded a thriving trading business with the Seminoles and eventually worked as the area’s postmaster.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
10 Oct. 2025
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Just before noon, Dallas Fire-Rescue crews were called to the 1200 block of Whispering Trail, where a mailman had called 911 to report a house fire.—
S.E. Jenkins,
CBS News,
23 Dec. 2025
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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.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
7 Dec. 2025
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Canada Post and its largest postal workers’ union have agreed on tentative five-year collective bargaining agreements for the courier’s urban unit and its rural and suburban mail carriers.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
23 Dec. 2025
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For the holidays, mail carriers are allowed to receive non-cash gift items under $20; snacks and gift cards are a favorite.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Dec. 2025
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“Postman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postman. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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