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postman
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun postman has 1 sense
- postman(n = noun.person) carrier, letter carrier, mail carrier, mailman - a man who delivers the mail; Array is a kind of deliverer, delivery boy, deliveryman
CIDE DICTIONARY
postman, n.
- A post or courier; a letter carrier. [1913 Webster]
- One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions; -- so called from the place where he sits. The other of the two is called the tubman. Whishaw. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
postman, n. (pl. -men; fem. postwoman, pl. -women) a person who is employed to deliver and collect letters etc.
Idiom
postman's knock Brit. a parlour game in which imaginary letters are delivered in exchange for kisses.
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