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Mailman

//ˈmeɪl.mæn// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes. Canada, US

    ""What I'm thinking," she said, "is that I'll become a mailman. They're hiring women mailmen now, you know. […]""

  2. 2
    a man who delivers the mail wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From mail + man.

Etymology 2

Possibly an altered form of Maiman.

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