letter carrier

See also: letter-carrier

English

Alternative forms

• letter-carrier

Noun

letter carrier (plural letter carriers)

1. An employee of the post office who delivers mail (post) to, and collects it from, a residence or business, or from public mailboxes.

Usage notes

• The phrase letter carrier came to be used as a gender-neutral substitute for mailman soon after women became employed in this job.

Synonyms

• mail carrier, postal carrier
• mailperson, postperson

Hyponyms

• mailman, postman
• mailwoman, mail lady, postwoman, post lady

Translations

post office employee

• Catalan: carter (ca) m, cartera (ca) f
• Danish: brevbærer c
• Dutch: postbezorger, postbode (nl)
• Esperanto: poŝtisto (eo), leterportisto, leteristo
• Finnish: postinkantaja (fi)
• French: facteur (fr) m, factrice (fr) f
• German: Briefträger (de) m, Briefträgerin (de) f, Postbote (de) m, Postbotin (de) f, Briefzusteller (de) m, Briefzustellerin (de) f, Zusteller (de) m, Zustellerin (de) f
• Hungarian: postás (hu), levélkihordó, kézbesítő (hu)
• Japanese: 郵便配達員 (yūbin haitatsuin), 郵便配達人 (yūbin haitatsunin)
• Kyrgyz: кат ташуучу (kat taşuucu)
• Latin: tabellārius m
• Norman: porteux d'lettres m
• Russian: почтальо́н (ru) m (počtalʹón), письмоно́сец (ru) m (pisʹmonósec), почтальо́нша (ru) f (počtalʹónša)
• Scottish Gaelic: posta m, post m
• Swedish: brevbärare (sv) c
• Volapük: (♂♀) penediblinan (vo), (♂) penedihiblinan, (♀) penedijiblinan