Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See mailman.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A barrister in the Court of Exchequer in England, now merged in High Court of Justice, who had precedence in motions: so called from the place where he sat. The postman was one of the two most experienced barristers in the court, the other being called the tubman..
- n. A post; a messenger; a courier; one who rides post.
- n. A mail-carrier.
Wiktionary
- n. chiefly UK someone (implied male) who delivers the post (mail) to, and/or collects the post from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.
- n. 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.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A post or courier; a letter carrier.
- n. (Eng. Law) 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 is called the
tubman .
WordNet 3.0
- n. a man who delivers the mail
Etymologies
- post + -man (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Jennifer, tipping the postman is a good idea. geri”
“There, with his wife, he lives an idyllic, if somewhat solitary life, writing and receiving so much fan-mail that a special postman is hired to hand-deliver his letters, which he does on a bicycle.”
“Well, that's usually what it feels like, but not when the postman is from TNT.”
“The postman is getting more and more fed up with this.”
“All, and I do mean all, this veteran postman is providing in 20 minutes of play these days is a handful of rebounds.”
USATODAY.com - Running (and screening and defending) on empty
“(But you probably didn't get a chance to read it, because your postman is stealing all your wi-fi bandwidth!)”
“Our postman is excellent and will even flag us down, if he has mail for us and sees us in another part of town.”
“The postman is still trying to figure out my real identity. cabral elyisus@yahoo.com”
“The cloth to the Tokar postman is a present to the man who had brought us a letter from Tokar, and had narrowly escaped with his life; then there is hire for a canoe for my husband's servant; next a peculiar vegetable called ladies 'fingers, etc., etc.”
“Giving the letter back to the postman is not practical, the walls around the houses here prevent you from seeing them when they come, and they don’t seem to have a regular schedule on their routes where we live.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘postman’.
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Society
social work, coverage, affiliate, social security, ambulance, clinic, health, insurance, emergency, mail, letter, envelope and 101 more...
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butterflies, moths etc
harlequin metalmark, policeman, razorbill, common evening Brown, large blue, little bride unde..., little nymph unde..., plain golden Y, common mormon, skullcap skeleton..., Beautiful Golden Y, uncertain owlet and 170 more...
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FUN - Beatles song titles
Typical words from Beatles song titles. Can you recreate the titles?
(Grammatical words have been omitted)another, three, place, work, eyes, new, said, give, face, day, going, like and 388 more...
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occupations
actor, actress, archaelogist, soldier, cook, lawyer, gardener, grocr, bank official, barman, barmaid, baber and 50 more...
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Unneutered
These politically incorrect words for people contain the element 'man', 'son', or 'boy'.
parson, person, layman, businessman, clergyman, chairman, cameraman, craftsman, craftsmanship, fireman, fisherman, gunman and 50 more...
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Man
Everything that contains a man in it
taxman, salesman, common man, spaceman, neolithic man, straw man, seaman, fireman, spiderman, overman, old man, con man and 373 more...
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Learned words
Words which are highly likely to be found in the work of learned writers.
ailurophile, labyrinthine, lagniappe, colleague, anechoic, reglets, fluctuations, scalar, implicit, constitute, mortification, ambassadors and 629 more...
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The Motherland! (God Bless the Queen)
Words that remind me of England, which I miss very much.
snog, nappy, wanker, telly, knickers, crumpet, pants, bum, loo, bollocks, stroppy, whinge and 108 more...
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Going Postal
Words that contain the letters "post" in that order, etymology not important.
post, postal, riposte, post up, imposter, posterity, posterior, postpartum, postnasal, dumb as a post, posthole, posthole digger and 37 more...
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Firesign Theatre
See also thtownse's open list, here.
pickle, rocky rococo, third eye, ruthlessly, doggedly, antelope freeway, emphysema, frog, spasmodic, isle of langerhans, postman, mailman and 47 more...
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Dictation words
Dictation Word list
suddenly, plumber, transport, discipline, leaking, stethoscope, railway, fiercely, aeroplane, travelling, electrician, thieves and 49 more...
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Superheroes and villains whose names ...
The ones whose names have nothing to do with their powers, origins, costumes, or smell.
penance, phoenix, vision, mojo, genesis, zeitgeist, warbird, anarchist, sabra, redneck, crystal, warlock and 42 more...
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