mailman
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈmeɪlˌmæn/
- US
:
cartero
- The mailman came by.
- the mailman delivers
- mailman with a letter
- mailman's truck
The last time I went home my mum told me he is now our mailman for our house.
- The last time I went home my mum told me he is now our mailman for our house.
- So he started off as the mailman and he went to like night, night school.
- So the the mailman knows that you should pick something up, a little red flag.
- You know what mailman, newspaper man, that desire.
- Henry goes wow, like he's never seen a mailman, but he sees it every day.
- But this morning I opened my door and my mailman was like Urban Decay.
- Thought it was pretty funny and listening to two weeks of mailman related things and guess what?
- Why is he saying that mean thing to the neighbor or the spouse or the mailman or whoever it happens to be?
Examples
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Behind her, she heard the mailman's footsteps crossing the living room and then the kitchen.
Fiction book (1991) -
Well, you know how sometimes the mailman would put the mail in the wrong box?
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The red car of the mailman pulled up on the road in front of the house.
Fiction book (1991) -
Why had he been thinking about the mailman so much lately?
Fiction book (1991) -
Every day, the mailman comes, the dog barks, the mailman goes away.
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The mailman has come.
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At the counter was the mailman, red hair practically glowing in the dim room.
Fiction book (1991) -
Every afternoon, the mailman delivers packages to our neighborhood.
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The mailman greeted everyone he met while on his route.
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On rainy days, the mailman uses a bright yellow raincoat to stay dry.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who delivers letters and parcels to homes and businesses
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2.0
A person who delivers letters and packages to homes and businesses
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2.3
A person who delivers mail and packages to homes and shops
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2.0
A woman who delivers letters and packages to homes and businesses
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8.4
A person who delivers letters and parcels to homes and shops
A woman who delivers letters and packages to homes and shops
A boy who rode a horse to deliver mail in the past
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mailman comes from mail, an old word for a 'bag' that held letters, and man meaning 'person'. So a mailman is a 'person' who carries a bag of mail, which is why the word means someone who delivers letters and packages.