mailcarrier
mailcarrier — noun
1. a person whose job is to collect and deliver letters, packages, and other mail i
a person whose job is to collect and deliver letters, packages, and other mail items to homes and businesses, usually following the same route each day.
Trang has worked as a mailcarrier for eleven years and knows every street in Oakwood.
as a + mailcarrier + for [duration]
The mailcarrier delivered a heavy package to Evelyn's house just before noon.
During the snowstorm, Ingrid's mailcarrier still managed to reach every mailbox on the route.
Paloma waved to her mailcarrier as the blue postal van pulled up to her driveway.
- mail carrier
common two-word spelling variant
- letter carrier
official title used by the United States Postal Service
- postal worker
broader term that also covers sorting and counter staff
- postman
used chiefly in British English
文法句型
a / the + mailcarrier
用法筆記
Primarily US English. In British English, postman / postwoman or postal worker is more common. The related compound mail carrier (two words) is also widely used.