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mailmen
mail·man
/
ˈmeɪlˌmæn
/
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[
meyl
-man
]
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noun,
plural
mail·men.
a person employed by the post office to deliver
mail
;
mail carrier
.
Origin:
1860–65;
mail
1
+
man
1
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mailman
(ˈmeɪlˌmæn)
—
n
,
pl
-men
another name for
postman
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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mailman
1881, from
mail
(1) +
man
(n.).
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