name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

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

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms

postmancarrierletter carrierletter carriermail carriermail carrier

Antonyms

All antonyms

mailwomanmail ladypost ladypostwoman

Example

More examples

"The mailman left a letter for her."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From mail + man.

Etymology 2

Possibly an altered form of Maiman.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.