Meanings
nounletter carrier (plural letter carriers)
plural letter carriers · alternative letter-carrier
- An employee of the post office who delivers mail (post) to, and collects it from, a residence or business, or from public mailboxes.
Synonyms: mail carrier, postal carrier, mailperson, postperson
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn employee of the post office who delivers mail (post) to, and collects it from, a residence or business, or from public mailboxes.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan carter, cartera
- carterpost office employee
- carterapost office employee
Danish brevbærer
- brevbærerpost office employee
Dutch postbezorger, postbode
- postbezorgerpost office employee
- postbodepost office employee
Esperanto poŝtisto, leterportisto
- poŝtistopost office employee
- leterportistopost office employee
- leteristopost office employee
Finnish postinkantaja
- postinkantajapost office employee
French facteur, factrice
- facteurpost office employee
- factricepost office employee
German Briefträger, Briefträgerin
- Briefträgerpost office employee
- Briefträgerinpost office employee
- Postbotepost office employee
- Postbotinpost office employee
- Briefzustellerpost office employee
- Briefzustellerinpost office employee
- Zustellerpost office employee
- Zustellerinpost office employee
Hindi डाकिया, डाकवाला
- डाकिया (ḍākiyā)post office employee
- डाकवाला (ḍākvālā)post office employee
Hungarian postás, levélkihordó
- postáspost office employee
- levélkihordópost office employee
- kézbesítőpost office employee
Icelandic bréfberi
- bréfberipost office employee
Japanese 郵便配達員, 郵便配達人
- 郵便配達員 (yūbin haitatsuin)post office employee
- 郵便配達人 (yūbin haitatsunin)post office employee
Latin tabellārius
- tabellāriuspost office employee
Russian почтальо́н, письмоно́сец
- почтальо́н (počtalʹón)post office employee
- письмоно́сец (pisʹmonósec)post office employee
- почтальо́нша (počtalʹónša)post office employee
Scottish Gaelic posta, post
- postapost office employee
- postpost office employee
Spanish cartero, trotero (disused)
- carteropost office employee
- trotero (disused)post office employee
- repartidor postalpost office employee
- valijapost office employee
- estafeteropost office employee
Swedish brevbärare
- brevbärarepost office employee
Cite this entry
APA
letter carrier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/letter%20carrier
MLA
“letter carrier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/letter%20carrier. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “letter carrier,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/letter%20carrier.
Source: letter carrier on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.