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society > communication > correspondence > postal services > person or vehicle that carries letters or mail > [noun] > person (36)
letter bearera1400

breveterc1440

One who carries brevets.

post1507

A person who travels express with letters, dispatches, etc., esp. along a fixed route; a courier, a post-rider (now historical). Later also (now…

letter carrier1552

a person employed to carry or deliver letters, either as a private messenger or a public official; a postman.

post boy1588

A boy who carries and delivers post; a boy or man who rides express, changing horses at intervals, to deliver letters, dispatches, etc. (now histo

ordinary1592

A courier conveying dispatches or letters at regular intervals, frequently between different countries; (hence) post, mail. Obsolete.

packet carrier1606

postie1611

A postman or postwoman. Also used as a title or form of address.

woman-posta1616

a female messenger or courier.

postwoman1683

a woman employed as a post; (later) spec. one who collects and delivers mail sent through the post office; cf. postman, n.1

letterman1707

A postman; a letter carrier. Now rare.

postman1758

In early use: a courier who rides post (obsolete). Later: a man or (now also) a woman who delivers letters and other items sent through the post…

packeteer1784

Canadian. = packeter, n.

letter boy1794

carrier1798

A person employed to carry and deliver letters; a postman or postwoman. Now chiefly North American.

delivery officer1839

an officer or official responsible for making deliveries, esp. a postman or postwoman.

post-girl1850

mailman1881

a person (historically spec. a man) who carries or delivers the mail.

packeter1893

A carrier of letters and documents.

postlady1975

= postwoman n.

Subcategories:

— office of (1)
— between Court and post office (1)
— specific on foot (3)
— specific mounted (8)
— by balloon (1)
— man employed to deliver or receive mail (2)
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