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

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postal worker

“It’s ghostly,” said Jan Boggs, a retired postal worker and longtime Clearwater resident.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

A 67-year-old south Armagh man has been found not guilty of the murder of Newry postal worker Frank Kerr during a 1994 IRA robbery of the city's postal sorting office.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

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

Annabelle Pancake, 11, right, of Anaheim, plays a Calico Gazette reporter interviewing a postal worker, played by Rachel Roman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2024

Some postal worker in Birzeit must like me, perhaps because I put “Thank you to the postman” on all my envelopes.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat