as in postman
a person who delivers mail
the sort of small Cornish village in which the local postie knows everyone's business
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James Blackledge, a 33-year-old postman in Bristol, England, has made sacrifices too.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN,
24 Mar. 2025 -
These trees are all clones from the original Hass tree developed by Rudolph Hass, a postman in Los Angeles.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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In 1835, an anti-abolition mob raided the Charleston, South Carolina, post office and, with the help of the city postmaster, burned bundles of abolitionist newspapers.—
Sarah Prager,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Mar. 2025
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The federal government was small by modern standards, but President Jackson’s appointment of loyalists as federal land agents and postmasters meant that political appointees had power to allocate lucrative land sales in the frontier and distribute partisan newspapers.—
Yong Kwon / Made by History,
TIME,
7 Mar. 2025
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Trans suspect in mailman's stabbing murder escorted out of NYPD precinct Jaia Cruz, also known as Alvin, allegedly stabbed an on-duty US Postal Service mail carrier Thursday during a dispute while the two were waiting in line at a Manhattan deli.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
23 Jan. 2025
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Mailman Saves Toddler from Walking into Oncoming Traffic: 'Right Place at the Right Time' Similar to Vaughan, many other TikTok users have reflected the impact mailmen and women have had in their lives in the comments.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Postie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postie. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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