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Mailer
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 1 One who sends mail.
"Large and frequent mailers may send material on a monthly basis to their house lists, test acquisitions several times a year to drum up new donors, and perhaps do a few special appeals on top of that."
- 2 a container for something to be mailed wordnet
- 3 A computer program that sends electronic mail.
- 4 an advertisement that is sent by mail wordnet
- 5 A packet or container designed for postal use.
"The cassette came in a brown paper mailer."
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- 6 a person who mails something wordnet
- 7 A mailshot; advertising sent by mail.
"Lasky Co., Newark (N. J.) printer, has been using a direct-mail campaign slanted toward this problem. Latest mailer, an oversized post card, has on the address side a colorful drawing of a bird perched on top of a sign post."
Etymology
From mail + -er.
* As an English surname for an enameler, via Middle English from Old French esmal. Compare Ambler. * As a Welsh surname, variant of Meylor, from the personal name Meilyr, of Brythonic origin, corresponding to mael (“prince”) + rhi (“king”).
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