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MAILMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mailman mean? 

MAILMAN (noun)
  The noun MAILMAN has 1 sense:

1. a man who delivers the mailplay

  Familiarity information: MAILMAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAILMAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A man who delivers the mail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

carrier; letter carrier; mail carrier; mailman; postman

Hypernyms ("mailman" is a kind of...):

deliverer; delivery boy; deliveryman (someone employed to make deliveries)


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