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mailman

noun

ˈmāl-ˌman

Definition of mailman

as in postman

a person who delivers mail the mailman usually leaves packages outside the mailbox

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Recent Examples of mailman Learn to Say No On indie sets, everyone has an opinion — actors, DP, their mom, the mailman. — Chris Cardillo, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2026 But perhaps South Africa's squad should be pleased to have picked up a couple of red cards, as the mailman won't be bringing any for their birthdays during this summer's tournament. — Duncan Alexander, New York Times, 12 June 2026 Prine had been working as a mailman, but Ebert’s review gave him enough notoriety to draw the attention of Kris Kristofferson and, later, Atlantic Records. — Matthew Blackwell, Pitchfork, 22 June 2026 Other players included a mailman, machinist, dishwasher and an accounting student from Haiti who never became an American. — Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for mailman

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The postman will stop you for a chat, and people will remember your kids’ names.

— Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2026
Halfway through Diva, Jean-Jacques Beineix’s 1981 thriller about a young postman caught in a gangster plot after secretly recording a beautiful Black American opera soprano, the singer has a tough conversation with her agent.

— Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 2 June 2026

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Watkins will play Elaine, who carries the spirit of Promise as the town’s head librarian, postmaster, sheriff, veterinarian, chaplain, and aunt to Asher (Eikenberry).

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 9 June 2026
It was seized by the post office (as Rosset had expected) and duly declared obscene by the postmaster of the city of New York, a man named Robert Christenberry.

— Louis Menand, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

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