MAILMAN

mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier, carrier

(noun) a man who delivers the mail

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

mailman (plural mailmen)

(North America) someone (implied male) who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes

Synonyms

• postman, letter carrier (gender-neutral)

Hyponyms

• mailwoman, mail lady, postwoman, post lady

Hypernyms

• mail carrier, letter carrier, postal carrier, postie

• mailperson, postperson

Anagrams

• manimal

Source: Wiktionary



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21 April 2025

ENCYCLOPEDIA

(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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