as in letter carrier
a person who delivers mail
we always give our faithful mail carrier a special card for Christmas
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Recent Examples of mail carrier
Just like our real mail carriers, Mr. ZIP is a community hero.
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Sari Hitchins, Parents, 8 Feb. 2025
In early January 2025, for example, a Massachusetts mail carrier was able to save a house from burning by quickly extinguishing a fire.
—Jena Martin, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025
The group of volunteers eventually included a mail carrier, friends and a pair of tourists visiting from Chicago who saw people sorting clothes on the sidewalk that Friday evening and returned the next morning to help.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Madison's video has garnered thousands of comments, with viewers sharing their experiences with mail carriers.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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Sari Hitchins, Parents, 8 Feb. 2025
In early January 2025, for example, a Massachusetts mail carrier was able to save a house from burning by quickly extinguishing a fire.
—Jena Martin, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025
The group of volunteers eventually included a mail carrier, friends and a pair of tourists visiting from Chicago who saw people sorting clothes on the sidewalk that Friday evening and returned the next morning to help.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Madison's video has garnered thousands of comments, with viewers sharing their experiences with mail carriers.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mail carrier
Noun
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The truck continued to move, so the letter carrier peered around from the back of the truck, officials said.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacramento Bee,
4 Feb. 2025
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Under our plan, letter carriers in every state will be able to deliver mail and packages using new and modern vehicles within the next five years.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The federal government was small by modern standards, but President Jackson’s appointment of loyalists as federal land agents and postmasters meant that political appointees had power to allocate lucrative land sales in the frontier and distribute partisan newspapers.—
Yong Kwon / Made by History,
TIME,
7 Mar. 2025
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The first postage stamps Until 1847, people would take correspondence to the post office, where the postmaster would mark the postage in the upper right corner.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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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
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That’s so nice!), and Shep, in turn, runs and scares the annoying postman (Shep!—
Alice Burton,
Vulture,
2 Feb. 2025
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“Mail carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mail%20carrier. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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