mail carrier

A person, especially a postal worker, who delivers mail. Also called letter carrier.

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mail′ car`rier

a person employed to deliver mail.

[1780–90]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

mail carrier - a man who delivers the mail

letter carrier, mailman, postman, carrier

delivery boy, deliveryman, deliverer - someone employed to make deliveries

Translations

Briefträger

mail carrier

n (Am) → postino/a, portalettere m/f inv

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Further, I took the civil service examinations for mail carrier and passed first.

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"Manifestly not, since some work is easy and some hard, and we should have millions of rural mail carriers, and no coal miners.

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At this time there are multiple gunshot victims," the Odessa Police Department said on its Facebook page, adding "the suspect just hijacked a US mail carrier truck." Furthermore, the University of Texas at Permian Basin is in lock down, where the school advised students and staff to lock their dorms and office and "not open" their doors.

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For the past few years, Fernando Barboza, a mail carrier in Texas, USA, has been delivering packages and dog treats along his route.

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ACC3 stands for "Air Cargo or Mail Carrier operating into the (European) Union from a Third Country Airport," according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) website.

EgyptAir Cargo ACC3 validation renewed for 5 years

John was a United States Air Force veteran of Vietnam and was a retired Mail Carrier for the United States Post Office.

HAMMOND

The mail carrier regularly delivers not only letters with compliments, complaints and queries, but also photographs, poems, essays and personal reminiscences about parks.

Special delivery

The mail carrier, which saw a 2.1 percent decline in the volumes of first-class and standard mail, has focused on building its package delivery services to take advantage of the growth in e-commerce.

E-commerce boosts U.S. Postal Service finances but losses continue

He was a mail carrier until 1970 when he joined with his nephew, Bob Hanna, in J & B Contractors.

John Sherman Sr