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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  

[may-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  

[may-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

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Example Sentences

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Our job was to sort through the massive mailer box of padded envelopes and bubble mailers that came in from record labels, big, small and in-between.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Each month, they were sent a mailer promoting the “Selection of the Month,” and if the customer failed to return the rejection form, Columbia House would send them the new release and charge their account.

From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026

And when you read the fine print on the slate mailer, which advises voters to “take Congresswoman Maxine Waters’ recommendations with you to vote,” it only raises more questions.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

So when Ali opened a slate mailer titled “Congresswoman Maxine Waters’ Sample Ballot and Voter Recommendations,” he couldn’t believe her advice on Measure CPT.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

So imagine my surprise when she opened a padded mailer with no return address and pulled out that silver bangle.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

One thinks of Norman Mailer in “The Naked and the Dead”: “they died for hills no one could have named, for objectives no one understood.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

It sounds silly, but the Mailer rule is accurate at an astounding rate.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2024

Mr. Mailer spends a page describing it in his 1973 biography, “Marilyn.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2024

For a final hearing, in July 1976, Wildes brought in Norman Mailer and Gloria Swanson, among others, to testify on Lennon’s behalf, and the INS granted the musician his green card.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2024

That week at school, Joaquin had turned the corner down the hallway toward his English class and come face-to-face with Birdie and Colin Mailer.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway

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