mailman
pronunciation
How to pronounce mailman in British English:
UK [ˈmeɪlmæn]
How to pronounce mailman in American English:
US [ˈmelˌmæn, -mən]
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- Noun:
- a man who delivers the mail
Word Origin
- mailman (n.)
- also mail-man, 1841, from mail (n.1) + man (n.).
Example
- 1. I 'll wait for the mailman to bring me their reply .
- 2. He wants to be a mailman in the future .
- 3. A 66-year-old florida mailman doing his rounds was bitten by a poisonous snake when he put mail inside a mailbox .
- 4. ' We 're not going to see anything more than what the mailman sees when he delivers your mail to a mailbox , ' he said .
- 5. The mailman , james todd , had his leg crushed in an accident , suffered head injuries in a later accident , and then had his house burned down .