as in mail carrier
a person who delivers mail
we like to leave a little gift in the mailbox around Christmas for our letter carrier
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Recent Examples of letter carrier
There’s a letter carrier called Penny Pal (Jenny Slate) that can rip people’s hearts out.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
Several letter carriers—such as John L. LeFlore and Westley W. Law—were activists for desegregation and other civil rights and held onto their jobs even though they were challenged.
—Sarah Prager, JSTOR Daily, 12 Mar. 2025
Brian Renfroe is a second-generation letter carrier and president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, the union representing 295,000 active and retired city letter carriers employed by the United States Postal Service.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
These are among the reasons that, for a U.S. population that loves to complain about the quality and efficiency of government services, USPS remains broadly popular among Americans of all stripes and people like their local letter carrier, who delivers regardless of snow nor rain nor heat etc.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
Several letter carriers—such as John L. LeFlore and Westley W. Law—were activists for desegregation and other civil rights and held onto their jobs even though they were challenged.
—Sarah Prager, JSTOR Daily, 12 Mar. 2025
Brian Renfroe is a second-generation letter carrier and president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, the union representing 295,000 active and retired city letter carriers employed by the United States Postal Service.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
These are among the reasons that, for a U.S. population that loves to complain about the quality and efficiency of government services, USPS remains broadly popular among Americans of all stripes and people like their local letter carrier, who delivers regardless of snow nor rain nor heat etc.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2025
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“Letter carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/letter%20carrier. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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