mail carrier
a person, usually employed by the post office, who delivers mail.
Origin of mail carrier
1- Also called letter carrier, postal carrier.
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How to use mail carrier in a sentence
At the funeral, Linda learned that mail carriers have their own language when they speak of people on their routes.
Rockaway Mailman Rick Gold Killed in Storm and Mourned on His Route | Michael Daly | November 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut according to a spokesman from the United States Postal Service, serious dog attacks on mail carriers are vanishingly rare.
Their stages no longer run, and their mail carriers no longer ride.
The Story of Geronimo | James Arthur KjelgaardIt should not be assumed that the indictment here read is against all mail carriers or garbage collectors, or policemen.
The Itching Palm | William R ScottCarpenters, general houseworkers, and mail carriers do about this grade of work while on duty.
Foods and Household Management | Helen Kinne
The mail carriers groaned under the burden of maladies described.
The Spirit Land | Samuel B. (Samuel Bulfinch) EmmonsHere Brown remained, and Ledyard went on with the Cossack mail carriers.
Vikings of the Pacific | Agnes C. Laut
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