mail carrier

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noun
  1. a person, usually employed by the post office, who delivers mail.

Origin of mail carrier

1
An Americanism dating back to 1780–90

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How to use mail carrier in a sentence

  • The mail carriers groaned under the burden of maladies described.

    The Spirit Land | Samuel B. (Samuel Bulfinch) Emmons
  • Here Brown remained, and Ledyard went on with the Cossack mail carriers.

    Vikings of the Pacific | Agnes C. Laut