Synonyms for mailman

Grammar : Noun

Spell : meyl-man

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmeɪlˌmæn

Définition of mailman

Origin : also mail-man, 1841, from mail (n.1) + man (n.).

As in letter carrier : noun mail carrier
As in mail carrier : noun postal worker

Example sentences :

They sat on a rock by the roadside waiting for the mailman's auto to come along.
Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

I had a letter from him by the mailman yesterday from Fraser's Gully.
Extract from : « Tom Gerrard » by Louis Becke

The mailman, to whom he expressed these sentiments, told him to cheer up.
Extract from : « Rdan The Devil And Other Stories » by Louis Becke

"'Tis Her Majesty's mail, b'y," Billy could hear the mailman say.
Extract from : « The Adventures of Billy Topsail » by Norman Duncan

Most days in the winter, the only car to come by was the mailman.
Extract from : « The Biography of a Rabbit » by Roy Benson

Let's sit here under the pines a minute until the mailman goes by.
Extract from : « Kit of Greenacre Farm » by Izola Forrester

A touch of the bruised foot on the floor brought the mailman groaning to his chair again.
Extract from : « The Adventures of Billy Topsail » by Norman Duncan

We did see one time some—the mailman brought a big package in.
Extract from : « Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

The mailman is to bring my trunk tomorrow; I just got homesick all at once, and came a day earlier.
Extract from : « Anne Of The Island » by Lucy Maud Montgomery

The distance from Boulia to Springvale is 80 miles, the only traffic along it being the pack horse of the mailman once a week.
Extract from : « Reminiscences of Queensland » by William Henry Corfield

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