postal worker

American  

[pohs-tl wur-ker] / ˈpoʊs tl ˌwɜr kər /

noun

1. a person employed by a government postal system to sort, transport, or deliver mail, or to work in a customer service capacity at the counter of a post office.

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Etymology

Origin of postal worker

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Conley, the daughter of a U.S. postal worker and a construction worker, grew up in the Hudson Valley, where her working-class family has lived for generations.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

A postal worker who delivered mail in the afternoon said she has only ever met one person at the home, the owner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025

Royal Mail staff will pay tribute when the cortege passes as Elsie's father, David Stancombe, is a postal worker.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2024

In 1924, a Chicago postal worker named Henry Gerber founded the first gay rights organization in the United States.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2024

Doug Hansen, forty-six, was an American postal worker who’d gone to Everest with Hall in 1995 and, like Fischbeck, had reached the South Summit before turning back.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer