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Meaning of POSTMAN

Pronunciation:  'powstmun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a man who delivers the mail
 
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 Synonyms: carrier, letter carrier, mail carrier, mailman
 
 See Also: deliverer, delivery boy, deliveryman

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Post"man\, n.; pl. {Postmen}.
1. A post or courier; a letter carrier.
2. (Eng. Law) 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.
 
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