postie
/ˈpəʊsti/
postie is the diminutive of postman.
postie is the diminutive of postal worker.
Meaning of postman
Noun
postman (plural postmen)
- Someone who delivers the post (mail) to, and/or collects the post from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.
- The total of their members amounts to 342,723 for 1875. Among these number … 6,968 male and sixty-three female postmen, imperial railway, telegraph, and post officials, railway workmen, dependent boatmen, waiters, &c.; …1876–1877, Benjamin Homans (ed.), The Banker's Magazine and Statistical Register. Volume thirty-first, or, Volume eleventh of the third Series. From July, 1876, to June, 1877, inclusive, p. 283
- Synonyms:
- mailman, mail carrier, letter carrier, postal carrier, mailperson, postperson
- 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.
- Postman of the Court of Exchequer.1835, James Whishaw, A Synopsis of the Members of the English Bar
Meaning of postal worker
Noun
postal worker (plural postal workers)
- A postperson; a postman or postwoman
Noun
postie (plural posties)
- A post-leftist (an adherent of post-left anarchism).
- There's the "armchair" critique, which borrows from the "lifestyle anarchist" angle. Basically that posties just spend their time writing essays and polemics and don't do any praxis. This is just a generalization which can often turn out to be false if you step away from the sphere of internet...2022 April 11, “what are some common anarchist communist critiques of post left anarchism?”, in r/Anarchy101 (Reddit post), archived from the original on 06 Jun 2026
Synonyms of postie
- mailman
- postman
- letter carrier
- posto
Forms of postie
| plural | posties |
|---|---|
| alternative form | posty |
Origin of postie
From post + -ie.
Words that rhyme with postie
Questions about postie
- What does postie mean?
- Postie means a post-leftist (an adherent of post-left anarchism).
- What is postie the diminutive of?
- Postie is the diminutive of postman.
- What part of speech is postie?
- Postie is a noun.
- How do you pronounce postie?
- Postie is pronounced /ˈpəʊsti/.
- What is the plural of postie?
- The plural of postie is posties.
Words near postie in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: postie (page history and authors); postman (page history and authors); postal worker (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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