mail-carrier

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See also: mail carrier

English

Noun

mail-carrier (plural mail-carriers)

  1. Alternative form of mail carrier.
    • 1792 January, Philanthropos , “From the Maryland Journal. On the proposed TAX on NEWSPAPERS.”, in National Gazette, volume I, number 29, published 6 February 1792, page 116, column 3:
      But, have not the mail-carriers carried the printers’ papers, for theſe ſeven years paſt, without aſking one ſhilling more for ſo doing?
    • 1951, Minnie Braithwaite Jenkins, ““Teacher—Yes””, in Girl from Williamsburg, Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, Incorporated, part III (At Old Fort Mohave), page 259:
      At Needles, I found the tall mail-carrier at the depot looking for me.
    • 2019 September 25, The Canadian Press, “Trudeau, Scheer exchange fire in climate fight”, in Red Deer Advocate, page 29, column 4:
      Post offices would host electric-vehicle charging stations, for instance, and mail-carriers could be asked to check in on vulnerable residents along their routes.