mail-guard

The mail-guard entered, and said 'good-evening' to the company.

Norse Tales and Sketches Alexander Lange Kielland 1877

'Did you notice the mail-guard?' asked one of the travellers.

Norse Tales and Sketches Alexander Lange Kielland 1877

Then I was addressed by a mail-guard who had seen me give away tracts and books, and who, having stopped the mail, asked for tracts for himself and the passengers, but evidently in a sneering way.

A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Fourth Part George M��ller 1851

I have to mount my twice-a-week coach in all weathers, like any mail-guard among them all;

The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland Hugh Miller 1829

I finished my journey of eighteen miles in capital style, and was within five minutes 'walk of Fochabers when the horn of the mail-guard was sounding up the street.

The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland Hugh Miller 1829