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/pˈoʊstmən/ /pˈoʊsmən/ Listen

noun

Postman n. (pl. postmen)

A post or courier; a letter carrier.

(Eng. Law) One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions; so called from the place where he sits. The other of the two is called the tubman.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Postman" Quotes from Famous Books

... the postman pushed the door open and handed in a letter, saying: "Here is a letter from Dreux, ...

— A Cardinal Sin • Eugene Sue

... house this picture haunted me. At night I lay awake thinking about it—so much so, that I rose early the next morning, and went to a bookseller's shop, where I bought a large sheet of tracing-paper and pencil, and sent them out by the postman, with a note to my friend, begging him to give me a tracing of the ...

— From Death into Life - or, twenty years of my ministry • William Haslam

... a note from Strong congratulating her enthusiastically, and prophesying a great success for the Jocelyn family. She spent a restless day waiting for the postman, afraid to leave the house for fear she would miss a wire. She grew so nervous that she scolded Ardelia and fussed at the Professor. Night found her entirely discouraged. Something had happened. Frohman had changed his mind, or Jarvis had refused. She had known all along that it was too ...

— Bambi • Marjorie Benton Cooke

... and the boy bounded off full of fun, greeting the postman with such a burst of merry apostrophe, that the man ...

— Eric • Frederic William Farrar

... arrived at Armine in the afternoon. As Ferdinand, nervous as a child returning to school, tardily regained home, he recognised the approaching postman. Hah! a letter? What was its import? The blessing of delay? or was it the herald of their instant arrival? Pale and sick at heart, he tore open the hurried lines of Katherine. The maiden aunt had stumbled while getting out of a pony phaeton, and experienced a serious accident; ...

— Henrietta Temple - A Love Story • Benjamin Disraeli

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