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English
Etymology
From post + woman.
Noun
postwoman (plural postwomen)
- (rare) A female letter carrier, a woman who delivers mail.
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Translations
woman who delivers the post or mail
- Basque: postari (eu)
- Belarusian: паштальёнка f (paštalʹjónka), пашта́рка f (paštárka)
- Bulgarian: пощальо́нка f (poštaljónka)
- Czech: pošťačka (cs) f, listonoška f
- Danish: postbud (da) n, brevbærer c
- Esperanto: poŝtistino, leterportistino, leteristino
- French: factrice (fr) f
- German: Postfrau f, Postbotin (de) f, Briefträgerin (de) f, Briefzustellerin (de) f, Zustellerin (de) f
- Icelandic: póstkona f
- Italian: postina (it) f
- Latvian: pastniece f
- Lithuanian: pãštininkė f
- Macedonian: поштарка f (poštarka)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: (kvinnelig (no)) postbud (no) n
- Polish: listonoszka (pl) f
- Romanian: poștăriță (ro) f, factoriță (ro) f
- Russian: почтальо́нша (ru) f (počtalʹónša)
- Slovak: poštárka f
- Swedish: brevbärare (sv) c
- Ukrainian: пошта́рка f (poštárka)
- Volapük: (♀) penedijiblinan
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