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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

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A recent mailer offered a $300,000 term policy for a man his age at $170 a month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

The way I read this is that various parties paid for endorsements, but the mailer does not reveal who paid, or how much they ponied up.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 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

Shiroma pays them $2 per packet, which cuts into her normal profit of $6.70 per mailer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 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

As gonzo journalist Norman Mailer wrote at the time, "Either the convention was sewn up for Humphrey or the convention was soft. No one really knew."

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 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

For the novelist Norman Mailer, “Chicago is the great American city, New York is one of the capitals of the world, and Los Angeles is a constellation of plastic. San Francisco is a lady.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2023

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

Related Words

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