Definition of Letter carrier

1. Noun. A man who delivers the mail.

Exact synonyms: Carrier, Mail Carrier, Mailman, Postman
Generic synonyms: Deliverer, Delivery Boy, Deliveryman

Definition of Letter carrier

1. Noun. An employee of the post office who delivers mail (post) to, and collects it from, a residence or business, or from public mailboxes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Letter Carrier

lets one's hair down
lets out
lettable
letted
letten
letter
letter-perfect
letter-quality
letter agreement
letter art
letter blindness
letter bomb
letter bombs
letter bond
letter box
letter carrier (current term)
letter carriers
letter case
letter grade
letter grades
letter of attorney
letter of comfort
letter of credit
letter of intent
letter of mark and reprisal
letter of marque
letter of recommendation
letter of relaxation
letter of the alphabet
letter of the law

Literary usage of Letter carrier

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"... and which was intended to be carried hy a letter carrier, which letter then and there contained five pecuniary obligations and securities of the ..."

2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"THE COUNTRY LETTER-CARRIER IT THAWS. On field and roadway the packing drifts have faded; The service-berry drips, and the slush is deep and stale; ..."

3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"( Neb ) * A letter carrier in the City of Omaha received a registered letter directed to "FE В., St. Charlee Hotel, Omaha, Nebraska. ..."

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