mailman
Syllables: mail·man/ˈmeɪl.mɛən//ˈmeɪl.mæn/
mailman noun: someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.
Noun
mailman (plural mailmen)
- Someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.
- "What I'm thinking," she said, "is that I'll become a mailman. They're hiring women mailmen now, you know. […]"1974, Ella Leffland, Love Out of Season, page 364
- Synonyms:
- letter carrier, mail carrier, mailperson, postal carrier, postie, postman, postperson
Proper noun capitalized: Mailman
Mailman (plural Mailmans)
- A surname.
mailman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
mailman in Hindi
- post office employee
- डाकिया ḍākiyā, डाकवाला ḍākvālā, पत्रवाहक patravāhak
mailman in Tamil
- post office employee
- அஞ்சல் காரர் añcal kārar
mailman in Urdu
- post office employee
- ڈاکِیَہ ḍākiya, ڈاکِیَا ḍākiyā, ڈاک والا ḍāk vālā
mailman in Bengali
- post office employee
- পিয়ন piẏon
More languagesFewer languages
- mailman in Kannada
- ಅಂಚೆಗಾರ
- mailman in Odia
- ଡାକବାଲା
- mailman in Tagalog
- tagahatid-sulat, kartero
- mailman in Arabic
- سَاعِيّ بَرِيد sāʕiyy barīd
- mailman in Malay
- besteler, opas pos, penghantar pos, posmen
- mailman in Thai
- บุรุษไปรษณีย์ bù-rùt-bprai-sà-nii
- mailman in Vietnamese
- người đưa thư, bưu tá
- mailman in Myanmar
- စာပို့လုလင် capui.lu.lang
Synonyms of mailman
Forms of mailman
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mailmen |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Mailmans |
Origin of mailman
From mail + man.
Possibly an altered form of Maiman.
Questions about mailman
- What does mailman mean?
- Mailman means someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.
- What is mailman in Hindi?
- Mailman in Hindi is डाकिया (ḍākiyā), डाकवाला (ḍākvālā), पत्रवाहक (patravāhak). See Mailman meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mailman?
- Mailman can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mailman?
- Mailman is pronounced /ˈmeɪl.mæn/ (US).
- What is the plural of mailman?
- The plural of mailman is mailmen.
Words near mailman in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mailman (page history and authors); Mailman (page history and authors); mailman (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଡାକବାଲା (Odia) (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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