as in mail carrier
a person who delivers mail
we like to leave a little gift in the mailbox around Christmas for our letter carrier
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The daring hold-up occurred five days after an on-duty letter carrier was knifed to death during a senseless fight over a spot on a sandwich line in a Harlem deli.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
According to the Associated Press, NBC News and CBS News New York, the United States Postal Service (USPS) has confirmed that the victim was a letter carrier assigned to Manhattan.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
The suspect in the stabbing of a United States Postal Service letter carrier after her arrest in New York.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
The next day, court documents alleged that Adams approached another letter carrier, this time in Brooklyn Center, and pointed a gun at the victim’s head demanding mailbox keys.
—Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 17 Dec. 2024
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
According to the Associated Press, NBC News and CBS News New York, the United States Postal Service (USPS) has confirmed that the victim was a letter carrier assigned to Manhattan.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
The suspect in the stabbing of a United States Postal Service letter carrier after her arrest in New York.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
The next day, court documents alleged that Adams approached another letter carrier, this time in Brooklyn Center, and pointed a gun at the victim’s head demanding mailbox keys.
—Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Letter carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/letter%20carrier. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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