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postman
/ˈpəʊs(t)mən/
noun 2name 1
Collocations
2(noun.)
ADJ
local, village
POSTMAN + VERB
deliver sth
Definitions
noun
1
Someone who delivers the post (mail) to, and/or collects the post from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.
The total of their members amounts to 342,723 for 1875. Among these number … 6,968 male and sixty-three female postmen, imperial railway, telegraph, and post officials, railway workmen, dependent boatmen, waiters, &c.; …
A single narrow iron-clamped door formed the only means of entrance. On this our guide knocked with a peculiar postman-like rat-tat.
2
One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions, so called from the place where he sits, the other of the two being the tubman.
Postman of the Court of Exchequer.
name
1
A surname.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The total of their members amounts to 342,723 for 1875. Among these number … 6,968 male and sixty-three female postmen, imperial railway, telegraph, and post officials, railway workmen, dependent boat
Wiktionary02
A single narrow iron-clamped door formed the only means of entrance. On this our guide knocked with a peculiar postman-like rat-tat.
Wiktionary03
Please, Mr. Postman, look and see / Is there a letter in your bag for me? / Please, please, Mr. Po-o-ostman
Wiktionary04
Boxing Day, when presents are given to the postman, the milkman, etc., is the first week-day after Christmas.
Tatoeba · #3358605
The dog went for the postman.
Tatoeba · #4821506
Rain or shine, the postman delivers the mail.
Tatoeba · #271573Usage Notes
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