postman
/'poustmən/
Definition
- Noun:
- A person employed to deliver letters and parcels: A postman is a worker, typically employed by a postal service, whose job is to collect and deliver mail to homes and businesses.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The postman delivers our mail every morning at 9 o'clock.
- I left a package on the porch for the postman to collect.
Advanced Usage
- "Postman's knock": A traditional children's game or a term for the sound of a postman knocking on a door.
- The children are playing postman's knock in the garden.
Variants and Related Words
- Postwoman (n): A woman employed to deliver mail.
- Our new postwoman is very friendly and efficient.
- Mail carrier (n): A more general, gender-neutral term for a person who delivers mail.
- The mail carrier has a very important job in our community.
Synonyms
- Mailman: (Informal, especially US English) A person who delivers mail.
- Letter carrier: A formal term for a person who delivers letters.
Related Phrases
- "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds": A famous inscription on the James Farley Post Office in New York City, often associated with the dedication of postal workers, including postmen.
Noun
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a man who delivers the mail
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