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

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

The series follows two board-gaming friends in their thirties - Leonard, a ghost writer of children's encyclopaedias, and Hungry Paul, a part-time postal worker who still lives at home.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025

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

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