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mailer

/ˈmeɪlə/US/ˈmeɪlɚ/

mailer noun: one who sends mail.

Noun

mailer (plural mailers)

  1. One who sends mail.
    • Large and frequent mailers may send material on a monthly basis to their house lists, test acquisitions several times a year to drum up new donors, and perhaps do a few special appeals on top of that.2009, Robert Bly, 88 Money-Making Writing Jobs, page 133
  2. A computer program that sends electronic mail.
  3. A packet or container designed for postal use.
    • The cassette came in a brown paper mailer.
  4. A mailshot; advertising sent by mail.
    • Lasky Co., Newark (N. J.) printer, has been using a direct-mail campaign slanted toward this problem. Latest mailer, an oversized post card, has on the address side a colorful drawing of a bird perched on top of a sign post.1957, Printers' Ink, volume 260, page 43
    • Do they recall your latest mailer? Did you ever sell an armoire through ads on hard-rock radio? Find out with low-cost "intercept" surveys of customers as they leave the store.1982, NHFA's CompetitivEdge, volume 56, page 71

Proper noun capitalized: Mailer

Mailer

  1. A surname.

mailer meaning in Tamil

mailer in Tamil

அஞ்சல் முறை

Forms of mailer

pluralmailers

Plural of mailer: mailers

Origin of mailer

From mail + -er.

* As an English surname for an enameler, via Middle English from Old French esmal. Compare Ambler. * As a Welsh surname, variant of Meylor, from the personal name Meilyr, of Brythonic origin, corresponding to mael (“prince”) + rhi (“king”).

Words formed from mailer

Phrases with mailer

Words that rhyme with mailer

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Questions about mailer

What does mailer mean?
Mailer means one who sends mail.
What is mailer in Tamil?
Mailer in Tamil is அஞ்சல் முறை. See Mailer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mailer?
Mailer can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce mailer?
Mailer is pronounced /ˈmeɪlə/ (UK).
What is the plural of mailer?
The plural of mailer is mailers.

Words near mailer in the dictionary

  1. mailed fists
  2. mailed it in
  3. mailed-in
  4. mailee
  5. mailees
  6. mailer
  7. Maileresque
  8. Mailerian
  9. mailers
  10. mailes
  11. mailfile

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mailer (page history and authors); Mailer (page history and authors); mailer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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