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# postman

«postman» in Mova's school dictionary: **a man whose job is to collect and deliver letters and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a postman, postmen)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A postman is a man whose job is to collect and deliver letters and parcels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postman/#m1)

2) A woman who does this job is a postwoman; «mail carrier» or «postal worker» works for anyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postman/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and early lessons about community helpers, the postman brings the post to your letterbox. In the USA people say «mailman» or «mail carrier». Phrases: «the postman came», «the postman delivered», «Postman Pat».

### examples

- The postman brought a parcel for me! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postman/#x1)
- Our postman comes at about ten o'clock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postman/#x2)
- The dog always barks at the postman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postman/#x3)
- In the USA the mail carrier puts letters in the mailbox. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postman/#x4)
- Give the postman a smile and say thank you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postman/#x5)
- The postman rang the bell because the package was too big for the letterbox. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postman/#x6)
- Then the postman gave me a letter; it was from you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postman/#x7)

### note

Irregular plural: postman → postmen (like man → men). UK/Ireland/Australia: «post», «postman»; USA/Canada: «mail», «mailman / mail carrier». Gender-neutral words: «postal worker», «mail carrier».

### In the corpora

- [In Dorset, Esme lets herself in at 3:45 and Dad, a postman, is home at 4.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «postman» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postman/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.