mailer

¹

[mey-ler]

noun

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

2. a container, as a mailing tube or protective envelope, for mailing mail 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.

Mailer

²

[mey-ler]

noun

1. Norman, 1923–2007, U.S. writer.

mailer

¹

/ 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

Mailer

²

/ 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)

Word History and Origins

Origin of mailer¹

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

Example Sentences

Raising $11 million during the final three weeks of the campaign, the party spent it on mailers, digital ads and text messages, as well as organizing phone banks and precinct walking, she said.

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California voters had been bombarded with television ads, mailers and social media posts for weeks about the high-stakes special election, so much so that only 2% of likely voters were undecided, according to the poll.

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“Your neighbors are watching,” the mailer says, featuring a picture of a woman peering through binoculars.

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He spent a grand total of $170,000, mostly on direct mailers.

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“Don’t just choose what a friend chooses” or rely on official-looking mailers, she added.

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Related Words

• brochure 
• handbill 
• leaflet