- postman, mailman
- سَاعي البريد \ postman, mailman: sb. who takes letters from postboxes to the post office, and from there to local addresses. \ See Also مُوزِّع البَريد
Arabic-English glossary. 2015.
postman, mailman
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mailman — mail man n. A man who delivers the mail. A male {mail carrier}. Syn: postman, mail carrier, letter carrier, carrier. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
postman — The man who collects and delivers mail is a postman in Britain, a mailman in the USA. In Somerset Maugham’s short story Episode a girl runs to catch a postman who has just emptied a box. ‘“Postman,” she cried, “take this letter, will you.”’ In … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
mailman — mail carrier mail carrier n. A person who delivers the mail; also called a {letter carrier}. A male mail carrier is also called a {mailman}. Syn: postman, letter carrier, carrier, mailman. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mailman */ — UK [ˈmeɪlˌmæn] / US noun [countable] Word forms mailman : singular mailman plural mailmen UK [ˈmeɪlˌmen] / US American a postman … English dictionary
postman — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. mail carrier, mailman, courier, mail clerk. See communication. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. letter carrier, mail carrier, carrier; see letter carrier . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. mailman, mailwoman … English dictionary for students
mailman — [[t]me͟ɪlmæn[/t]] mailmen N COUNT A mailman is a man whose job is to collect and deliver letters and parcels that are sent by post. [AM] (in BRIT, usually use postman) … English dictionary
mailman — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. postman, carrier, mail carrier; see letter carrier . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. letter carrier, mail carrier, postal carrier, mailwoman, postman … English dictionary for students
postman — [[t]po͟ʊstmən[/t]] postmen N COUNT A postman is a man whose job is to collect and deliver letters and packages that are sent by post. [mainly BRIT] (in AM, usually use mailman) … English dictionary
postman — A mailman making deliveries on a route, particularly a city route. In the court of exchequer, two of the most experienced barristers, called the postman and the tub man (from the places in which they sit), have a precedence in motions. See 3 Bl… … Ballentine's law dictionary
mailman — noun Date: 1786 a man who delivers mail called also postman … New Collegiate Dictionary
postman — noun Date: 1529 mailman … New Collegiate Dictionary
