British
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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Noun
  • 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
  • That’s best demonstrated by a novel gameplay mechanic in the form of a camera that Indy acquires from a dissident postman called Ernesto.
    Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • The first postage stamps Until 1847, people would take correspondence to the post office, where the postmaster would mark the postage in the upper right corner.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Ever since moving to her new home in a small town, dog owner Lydia, 30, from Wisconsin, has been documenting the precious bond between her pup, Opal, and the mailman.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
  • She has been inundated with support from people around the world who can't get enough of the corgi and the mailman's friendship.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Postie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postie. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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