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mail clerk

mail clerk noun: a person who does clerical work in a post office.

Noun

mail clerk (plural mail clerks)

  1. a person who does clerical work in a post office.
  2. a person who handles mail for a business or other establishment.
  3. a person who sorts mail in a mail car on a train.
    • Flange-stacked and cone-nosed, a Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis J-3 4-8-4 gives the mail clerks a look at the trim Alco as she leads the Dixie Limited out of Smyrna, Ga.1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 74 (photo caption)

Forms of mail clerk

pluralmail clerks

Questions about mail clerk

What does mail clerk mean?
Mail clerk means a person who does clerical work in a post office.
What part of speech is mail clerk?
Mail clerk is a noun.
What is the plural of mail clerk?
The plural of mail clerk is mail clerks.

Words near mail clerk in the dictionary

  1. mail boxes
  2. mail car
  3. mail carrier
  4. mail carriers
  5. mail cars
  6. mail clerk
  7. mail clerks
  8. mail code
  9. mail codes
  10. mail cover
  11. mail drop

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