postman
Syllables: post·manUK/ˈpəʊs(t)mən/
postman noun: someone who delivers the post (mail) to, and/or collects the post from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.
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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
- A single narrow iron-clamped door formed the only means of entrance. On this our guide knocked with a peculiar postman-like rat-tat.1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Tragedy of Pondicherry Lodge”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett […], →OCLC, page 72
- 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
Proper noun capitalized: Postman
Postman (plural Postmans)
- A surname.
postman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
postman in Hindi
- postman, mailman
- पत्रवाहक patravāhak
- postman, mail carrier
- डाकिया ḍākiyā
- postman, mailman, mail carrier
- डाकवाला ḍākvālā
- postman
- क़ासिद qāsid
postman in Tamil
- அஞ்சல் காரர், தபால்காரர்
postman in Marathi
- पोस्टमन, पोस्टमॅन
postman in Urdu
- postman; mailman
- ڈاکیا ḍākiyā
More languagesFewer languages
- postman in Bengali
- পোস্টম্যান, পোষ্টম্যান
- postman in Telugu
- పోస్ట్మ్యాన్, పోస్ట్ మ్యాన్, పోస్ట్ మాన్
- postman in Malayalam
- പോസ്റ്റ്മാൻ, തപാൽക്കാരൻ, തപാൽക്കാരി, അഞ്ചൽക്കാരൻ
- postman in Kannada
- ಅಂಚೆಯಾಳು, ಅಂಚೆಪೇದೆ, ಅಂಚೆಯವನು, ಟಪಾಲಿನವ
- postman in Punjabi
- ਪੋਸਟਮੈਨ, ਪੋਸਟ ਮੈਨ
- postman in Gujarati
- ટપાલી ṭapālī
- postman in Odia
- ପୋଷ୍ଟମ୍ଯ଼ାନ୍, ପୋଷ୍ଟମ୍ଯ଼ାନ, ପୋଷ୍ଟ୍ ମ୍ଯ଼ାନ୍
- postman in Nepali
- पोस्टम्यान, पोष्टम्यान
Examples of postman in a sentence
- The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
- The old man growled his displeasure at the postman.
- 'Our maid Doris canoodles with the postman when he comes round.' Agnes pulled a face.
Synonyms of postman
Forms of postman
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | postmen |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Postmans |
Origin of postman
From post + -man.
Words formed from postman
Phrases with postman
Questions about postman
- What does postman mean?
- Postman means someone who delivers the post (mail) to, and/or collects the post from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.
- What is postman in Hindi?
- Postman in Hindi is पत्रवाहक (patravāhak), डाकिया (ḍākiyā), डाकवाला (ḍākvālā). See Postman meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is postman?
- Postman can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce postman?
- Postman is pronounced /ˈpəʊs(t)mən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of postman?
- The plural of postman is postmen.
Words near postman in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: postman (page history and authors); Postman (page history and authors); क़ासिद (Hindi) (page history and authors); postman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); postman (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ڈاکیا (Urdu) (page history and authors); postman (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); postman (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); postman (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); postman (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); postman (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ટપાલી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); postman (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); postman (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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