English
Noun
letter carrier (plural letter carriers)
- An employee of the post office who delivers mail (post) to, and collects it from, a residence or business, or from public mailboxes.
Usage notes
The phrase "letter carrier" came to be used as a gender-neutral substitute for "mailman" soon after women began performing the job.
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Translations
post office employee
- Catalan: carter (ca) m, cartera (ca) f
- Danish: brevbærer c
- Dutch: postbezorger
- Esperanto: poŝtisto, leterportisto, leteristo
- Finnish: postinkantaja (fi)
- French: facteur (fr) m, factrice (fr) f
- German: Briefträger (de) m, Briefträgerin (de) f, Postbote (de) m, Postbotin (de) f, Briefzusteller m, Briefzustellerin f, Zusteller (de) m, Zustellerin (de) f
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- Hungarian: postás (hu), levélkihordó, kézbesítő (hu)
- Kyrgyz: кат ташуучу (kat taşuucu)
- Norman: porteux d'lettres m
- Russian: почтальо́н (ru) m (počtalʹón), письмоно́сец (ru) m (pisʹmonósec), почтальо́нша (ru) f (počtalʹónša)
- Scottish Gaelic: posta m
- Swedish: brevbärare (sv) c
- Volapük: (♂♀) penediblinan (vo), (♂) penedihiblinan, (♀) penedijiblinan
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