mail carrier

noun

1. a person, usually employed by the post office, who delivers mail.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mail carrier¹

An Americanism dating back to 1780–90

Example Sentences

It allows the agency to continue its annual inflation-based increases, plus includes a corresponding bump based on the growing number of delivery points mail carriers must visit six days a week.

From Washington Post

I joke, though, whenever I retire from doing this, the next thing I want to do is to be a mail carrier.

From Time

So if I had another job to do, that would contribute greatly to America, it would be to be a mail carrier.

From Time

James Williams, 83, now made the two-mile drive to the post office to drop off his letters because he couldn’t count on handing them to his mail carrier.

From Washington Post

But it's all right now—they'll throw the letters into the mail-carrier's bag—there'll be many of them—this is general letter day.

From Project Gutenberg

The mail carrier had let down the fence a few rods down the little road so as to avoid the drifts by crossing through a field.

From Project Gutenberg

The mail-carrier did freeze to death that day, but father kept from freezing by walking.

From Project Gutenberg

Yes, I found two; one a little mail-carrier, and the other a commissary sergeant, both of whom were scarcely able to stand alone.

From Project Gutenberg

He took the mail on horseback and remained as mail carrier for two years and nine months.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• letter carrier
• mailman
• postman