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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Word of the Day

1 June 2025

BACKFIRE

(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”


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An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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