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
In Dallas, a mail carrier died after collapsing on his route earlier this month as local temperatures hovered in the 90s, according to CBS News Texas.
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Alain Sherter, CBS News, 30 June 2025
Rural mail carriers for the U.S. Postal Service will also be exempt when carrying out deliveries, as will taxi passengers.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Rate of dog attacks by region In 2024, mail carriers were nearly 75% more likely to be attacked in the Midwest than in the South.
—Jocelyn Shek, NBC news, 10 June 2025
Give them to your mail carrier and gardeners, as well as veterinary offices.
—Lisa Bloch, Mercury News, 20 May 2025
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Alain Sherter, CBS News, 30 June 2025
Rural mail carriers for the U.S. Postal Service will also be exempt when carrying out deliveries, as will taxi passengers.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Rate of dog attacks by region In 2024, mail carriers were nearly 75% more likely to be attacked in the Midwest than in the South.
—Jocelyn Shek, NBC news, 10 June 2025
Give them to your mail carrier and gardeners, as well as veterinary offices.
—Lisa Bloch, Mercury News, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mail carrier
Noun
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Dog owners are on the hook to cover the cost of medical bills, lost wages and uniform replacement when letter carriers are attacked.—
Laura A. Bischoff,
The Enquirer,
4 July 2025
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This means letter carriers won’t be required to work weekend shifts.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
23 May 2025
Noun
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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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McClatchy News reached out to her attorney May 27 and was awaiting a response. LeBlanc, 48, a longtime postal service employee, worked as Seekonk Post Office’s postmaster from late 2023 to the beginning of 2025, prosecutors said.—
Sara Schilling,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2025
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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 3 Aug. 2025.
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