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Meanings of postman in English

Portuguese
correio
Catalan
carter
Spanish
cartero
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A man who delivers the mail.

correio
Usage of postman in English
1
A new postman left the morning mail in one of Marcus's baffles.
The new yorker
2
Soon she recognized him; it was the postman to distribute the letters.
Original Short Stories — Volume 02
3
The postman should have brought that photograph from Israel Snow, of Rockdale.
A Husband by Proxy
4
The postman searched through the papers and found the one asked for.
Original Short Stories — Volume 03
5
A knock on the door and the postman entered with the letters.
Fortitude
6
The postman coming in with a parcel of letters interrupted our conversation.
Without Dogma: A Novel of Modern Poland
7
The postman give it to me and then the back door-bell rang.
Flappers and Philosophers
8
Yesterday I never once thought of it-neveronce looked for the postman.
In the Year of Jubilee
9
The recurrent complaint is that only the postman understands local place names.
The Irish Times
10
Write the address, then give it to the postman and thank you.
The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
11
After all, the regular postman might bring the letter she herself expected.
The Small House at Allington
12
One day the postman brought me a letter, in an unknown hand.
Clemence / The Schoolmistress of Waveland
13
The postman had always been grateful for a cool glass of lemonade.
The Postman
14
I have a more important role than postman in mind for you.
Paths of glory
15
A knock at the door, and the postman hands me a letter.
Pan
16
He just glanced indifferently at the letter, and impatiently at the postman.
Ships That Pass in the Night
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Translations for postman
Portuguese
correiocarteiro
Spanish
cartero
Postman through the time
Postman across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common