as in mail carrier
a person who delivers mail
we like to leave a little gift in the mailbox around Christmas for our letter carrier
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Recent Examples of letter carrier
His mother was a Catholic school teacher, and his father was a letter carrier.
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Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 26 May 2025
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
Back in 1994, months after the birth of his first son, Abernathy abandoned his dreams of becoming a comedic actor to start work as a letter carrier with the U.S. Postal Service.
—Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 27 Apr. 2025
At the same time, there was a marked increase in letter carrier robberies—a 543% boost in letter carrier robberies between 2019 and 2022, with 64 letter carrier robberies in 2019 and 412 letter carrier robberies in 2022.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
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Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 26 May 2025
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
Back in 1994, months after the birth of his first son, Abernathy abandoned his dreams of becoming a comedic actor to start work as a letter carrier with the U.S. Postal Service.
—Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 27 Apr. 2025
At the same time, there was a marked increase in letter carrier robberies—a 543% boost in letter carrier robberies between 2019 and 2022, with 64 letter carrier robberies in 2019 and 412 letter carrier robberies in 2022.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for letter carrier
Noun
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Franklin’s revolutionary mail carriers faced capture by British soldiers.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
23 July 2025
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In Los Angeles, the number of dog bites on mail carriers jumped from 65 to 77.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
9 July 2025
Noun
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His father was a mostly unsuccessful lawyer, a downbeat man who also worked as a shopkeeper, postmaster and judge.—
Dwight Garner,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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Her grandfather was postmaster in Lake Nebagamon, Wis., in the 1930s.—
Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
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“Letter carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/letter%20carrier. Accessed 10 Aug. 2025.
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