as in postmaster
a person who delivers mail the postman comes at around nine every morning

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Recent Examples of postman That’s so nice!), and Shep, in turn, runs and scares the annoying postman (Shep! Alice Burton, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2025 Cruz was indicted Thursday for second-degree murder in the 2:30 p.m. stabbing of the 36-year-old postman at Joe’s Grocery, on Lenox Rd. Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2025 That’s best demonstrated by a novel gameplay mechanic in the form of a camera that Indy acquires from a dissident postman called Ernesto. Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024 This 54-minute stop-motion special, narrated by a postman (voiced by Fred Astaire), unpacks Santa's origin story — from his iconic beard to his gift-giving traditions and more. James Mercadante, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for postman
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Noun
  • In 1835, an anti-abolition mob raided the Charleston, South Carolina, post office and, with the help of the city postmaster, burned bundles of abolitionist newspapers.
    Sarah Prager, JSTOR Daily, 12 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Ever since moving to her new home in a small town, dog owner Lydia, 30, from Wisconsin, has been documenting the precious bond between her pup, Opal, and the mailman.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
  • She has been inundated with support from people around the world who can't get enough of the corgi and the mailman's friendship.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • After leaving the Air Force Proctor worked various jobs until accepting a position at the United States Postal Service as a mail carrier until his retirement in 2019.
    J.M. Banks, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
  • On the show, Blippi will meet truck drivers, mail carriers, pizza makers, astronauts, firefighters, and more.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 2 Apr. 2025

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“Postman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postman. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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