postal carrier

Route-walking mail deliverer

A postal carrier is a person employed by a postal service to deliver mail to homes and businesses along an assigned route.

The term is synonymous with mail carrier, letter carrier, and the informal mailman.

Most postal carriers travel their routes on foot, by vehicle, or some combination: The postal carrier left a package on the porch.

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uniform · satchel · bicycle · delivery · package delivery · stamps · sorting facility · registered mail · rain · envelope · porch · sorter · parcels · dispatch · mail truck · motorcycle · route · rain or shine

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delivery role

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Intended mail recipient

sender · mailer · correspondent

employment type

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Commercial parcel courier employee

UPS driver · bike messenger

communication medium

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System routing electronic correspondence

internet service provider · fax machine · text message

Family

carry, carrier, mailman, courier, postman, postal, postage, post, postal service

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