Plural of postman
irregular plural
The plural of postman is postmen.
Forms of postman
| Singular | postman /ˈpəʊs(t)mən/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | postmen |
| Countable | countable |
Postmen in a sentence
- The headmistress entered and told the girls "I want you to do everything you can to help the war effort—you are old enough to do it now." The girls changed into women postmen, head waiters, soldiers, landgirls, butchers and carpenters.1971, J. P. Gallagher, Fred Karno: Master of Mirth and Tears, page 119
- All those people, using all that paper, printers, ink, postmen etc etc.2000 August 5, “Robin” (username), “Re: Letter from india”, in uk.politics.misc and other newsgroups, Usenet. From the entry smail
- Gradually there began to be postmen and butcher-boys and milk-men and horsecars and newspaper boys and policemen.1915 July, Rebecca [Lane] Hooper Eastman, “The Purple Star”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume CXVI, number 1, Washington, D.C.: The…. From the entry milk-man
- Postmen have clearly been instructed to deliver the stuff no matter what the addressee or undressee is wearing.1989, Punch, volume 297, page 104. From the entry undressee
Meaning of postman
- noun Someone who delivers the post (mail) to, and/or collects the post from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.
- noun One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions, so called from the place where he sat, the other of the two being the tubman.
Nouns ending in -man: plural -men
Questions about the plural of postman
- What is the plural of postman?
- The plural of postman is postmen.
- Is postman countable?
- Postman is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: postman (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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