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  mailer

  noun

  a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
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  Mailer

  noun

  Norman, 1923–2007, U.S. writer.

mailer

¹ American  

[mey-ler] / ˈmeɪ lər /

noun

1. a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.

2. a container, as a mailing tube or protective envelope, for mailing papers, books, merchandise, etc.

3. an advertising brochure, form letter, or the like, sent out in the mail.

4. mailing machine.

5. Archaic. a mailboat.

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Mailer ² American  

[mey-ler] / ˈmeɪ lər /

noun

1. Norman, 1923–2007, U.S. writer.

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mailer ¹ British  

/ ˈmeɪlə /

noun

1. a person who addresses or mails letters, etc

2. a machine used for stamping and addressing mail

3. a container for mailing things

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Mailer ² British  

/ ˈmeɪlə /

noun

1. Norman. 1923–2007, US author. His works, which are frequently critical of modern American society, include the war novel The Naked and the Dead (1948), An American Dream (1965), his account of the 1967 peace march on Washington The Armies of the Night (1968), The Executioner's Song (1979), and Barbary Shore (1998)

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Etymology

Origin of mailer

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; mail ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Jailers returned a bag of his clothing, which was covered in mold, he said, and then it took two days on a Greyhound bus to get back home to Flagstaff.

From Washington Times • Jun. 9, 2022

Jailers allowed the 12-year-old girl to go home.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2021

Jailers sometimes did not use interpreters to communicate with detainees, and some staff members failed to take detainees’ grievances.

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2017

Jailers thought Itzcoatl "Izzy" Ocampo was having a seizure.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2015

Jailers in charge of prisoners were governed by the same law as bailees in charge of cattle.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Related Words

• brochure
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