postal carriers
Route-walking mail workers
Postal carriers are workers who deliver mail along assigned routes, bringing letters and packages from post offices to homes and businesses.
The term is gender-neutral, replacing the older *mailman*.
In casual speech, *mail carrier* is more common: Our postal carrier comes around noon.
- truckHeavy freight vehicle
- mail deliveryConveying correspondence to recipients
- mailbagSack for letters
- blue uniformStandard police clothing
- uniformIdentical throughout
courier · address · bicycle · letter · rain or shine · mailboxes · door to door · dogs · route · stamp · return address · satchel · pith helmet · walking routes · parcel · express delivery · package handling · route planning
carry, carrier, carriage, postman, postal, post office, postage, post, postscript