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postmen

  • plural
    of postman.
    postman
    noun
    a postal employee who carries and delivers mail; mail carrier.

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Two current postmen agreed to speak in depth and share pictures of what is going on in their depots.

From BBC Feb. 16, 2026

“I ask the postmen in Spain to work to the maximum, morning, afternoon and night,” Feijóo said during a campaign rally in Murcia on Wednesday.

From Seattle Times Jul. 18, 2023

Other professional groups, from barristers to postmen, also plan to hit the barricades in coming weeks to demand more pay read more .

From Reuters Jun. 22, 2022

They’re policemen and grocers and postmen and doctors and nurses.

From New York Times Feb. 15, 2022

By leaving the same prisoners stationed at the latrine, the one place we all had to go throughout the day, they gave us secret postmen.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz