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
The Michael Madigan prosecution, a complex and resource-intensive project, counts as one, as does prosecuting a mail carrier for theft.
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Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
America’s federal government employs a dizzying range of workers: mail carriers and mapmakers, firefighters and fish biologists, volcanologists positioned on tectonic-plate boundaries, cooks on Navy submarines.
—Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
Mary Fields was the first African American woman to become a U.S. mail carrier.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024
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
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Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
America’s federal government employs a dizzying range of workers: mail carriers and mapmakers, firefighters and fish biologists, volcanologists positioned on tectonic-plate boundaries, cooks on Navy submarines.
—Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
Mary Fields was the first African American woman to become a U.S. mail carrier.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mail carrier
Noun
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His mother was a Catholic school teacher, and his father was a letter carrier.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
26 May 2025
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Two Chicago men were arrested in connection to a 2022 armed robbery of a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier in Hinsdale as well as financial crimes related to several mail theft incidents in Hinsdale and Oak Brook, according to the Chicago Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.—
Paul Eisenberg,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
Noun
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After postmaster Richard Zamora approved the project, Anderson was the obvious artist for the job.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 May 2025
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Back in March, former USPS postmaster Louis DeJoy stepped down following Trump’s comments about taking control of the USPS under the Department of Commerce.—
Elaine Mallon,
The Washington Examiner,
9 May 2025
Noun
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The easiest life to imagine was the life of the postman.—
Patricia Lockwood,
New Yorker,
18 May 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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“Mail carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mail%20carrier. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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