mailperson

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noun

A letter carrier.

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postpersonmail carrierletter carrierpostal carrierpostal worker
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Meanings

nounmailperson (plural mailpersons or mailpeople)

plural mailpersons · plural mailpeople

  1. A letter carrier.

    “Why can’t we have a mailperson?” he would rant. “One person, one vehicle, cuts carbon, delivers all the mail. How hard is that?”

    2013, Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being, Canongate Books (2019), page 153

    Synonyms: postperson, mail carrier, letter carrier, postal carrier, postal worker

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA letter carrier.

Similar
postpersonmail carrierletter carrierpostal carrierpostal worker
Also see
letter carriermail carriermailmanpostmanpostperson

Origin

From mail + person.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

impersonal
Cite this entry
APA

mailperson. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mailperson

MLA

“mailperson.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mailperson. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mailperson,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mailperson.

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