mailman

[ meyl-man ]

/ ˈmeɪlˌmæn /

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noun, plural mail·men.

a person employed by the post office to deliver mail; mail carrier.

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Origin of mailman

First recorded in 1860–65; mail¹ + man

Words nearby mailman

mailing tube, Maillard reaction, Maillart, Maillol, maillot, mailman, mail merging, mail order, mail-order bride, mail-order house, mail-out

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How to use mailman in a sentence

Rainbow Railroad and Taylor Hirschberg, a researcher at the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health who is also a Hearst Foundation scholar, and others have been working to help evacuate LGBTQ Afghans from the country.
Boris Johnson’s LGBTQ rights advisor visits D.C.|Michael K. Lavers|December 6, 2021|Washington Blade
Lewis Ziska, a plant physiologist and professor at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health who has extensively studied the impacts of rising carbon dioxide on crops, describes the recent review as a “good primer” on the issue.
Could Climate Change Make Food Less Nutritious?|Greta Moran|November 19, 2021|Eater
Some of the 50 Afghan human rights activists who Taylor Hirschberg, a researcher at the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health who is also a Hearst Foundation scholar, has been able to help leave the country are LGBTQ.
Transgender activist fights for change in Pakistan|Michael K. Lavers|October 20, 2021|Washington Blade
Going back to the mailman analogy, a single protein can have multiple “mail routes,” depending on the status of a cell.
Moonshot Project Aims to Understand and Beat Cancer Using Protein Maps|Shelly Fan|October 5, 2021|Singularity Hub

If a cell is a neighborhood, these proteins are mailmen, shuttling messages back and forth.
Moonshot Project Aims to Understand and Beat Cancer Using Protein Maps|Shelly Fan|October 5, 2021|Singularity Hub
My mailman, David, is the sunny-faced sort who brightens my block each afternoon, no matter the weather, with a glowing smile.
Was the Unabomber a Eugene O’Neill Fan?|Robert M. Dowling|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“He was my personal mailman,” says Mychal McNicholas of Rockaway.
Rockaway Mailman Rick Gold Killed in Storm and Mourned on His Route|Michael Daly|November 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He was a letter carrier unlike any other, or perhaps exactly like the iconic mailman of another era.
Rockaway Mailman Rick Gold Killed in Storm and Mourned on His Route|Michael Daly|November 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The red mailman may be in the spring of his political life, but he already knows how to deliver the message of discontent.
Protest Fashions from Paris|Eric Pape|May 3, 2009|DAILY BEAST
About 1910, however, a mailman was provided by the post office, though he still worked under the charge of the Chief Librarian.
Report of the Chief Librarian|J. O. Wilson and General Assembly Library (New Zealand)
I am very glad I wish Edward was here, but the mailman may bring me a letter from him this morning.
Tom Gerrard|Louis Becke
I knew that in all probability we should have no visitors for ten or eleven days until the mailman came.
Missing Friends|Thorvald Weitemeyer
“Here the mailman comes at last,” she sighed in relief, as she saw the man turn in at the house next door.
Doris Force at Locked Gates|Julia K. Duncan
"'Tis Her Majesty's mail, b'y," Billy could hear the mailman say.
The Adventures of Billy Topsail|Norman Duncan

British Dictionary definitions for mailman

mailman

/ (ˈmeɪlˌmæn) /

noun plural -men mainly US and Canadian

another name for postman

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