mail carrier

noun

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: letter carrier

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we always give our faithful mail carrier a special card for Christmas
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Put the envelope in your mailbox, give it to your mail carrier or take it to the post office. — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026 Orbegoso said the hospice nurse went to work on papers in her car a block over after leaving the house, when their mail carrier approached her. — Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 20 May 2026 Holý’s fourth feature centers on widow Zdena, a mail carrier in a small Czech village who leads a quiet life. — Carole Horst, Variety, 24 June 2026 Reynolds was employed as a rural mail carrier for the USPS, according to The Wilkes Record. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for mail carrier

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First Known Use

1788, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mail carrier was in 1788

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“Mail carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mail%20carrier. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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