mail·man

[meyl-man]
noun, plural mail·men.
a person employed by the post office to deliver mail; mail carrier.

Origin:
1860–65; mail1 + man1

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mailman (ˈmeɪlˌmæn) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -men
another name for postman

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Word Origin & History

mailman
1881, from mail (1) + man (n.).
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Example sentences
Your committee of decision makers grows wider until you're asking your mailman
  what he thinks.
Now he must be dead fifty years or more, buried in the mailman sweater.
The mailman brought in a devilish question about breakfast bagels, and a sweet
  one about marriage and birthdays.
She has already scanned the mailman's eyes and plans to scan the guy who loads
  snack machines.
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