postal worker

American

[pohs-tl wur-ker] / ˈpoʊs tl ˌwɜr kər /

noun

a person employed by a government postal system to sort, transport, or deliver mail, or to work in a customer service capacity at the counter of a post office.

Etymology

Origin of postal worker

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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A different postal worker said: "Imagine being an Amazon driver with around 300+ parcels to deliver a day. Now imagine you also have letters to deliver on top of that to around 800+ houses. Every day. It's impossible."

From BBC

Conley, the daughter of a U.S. postal worker and a construction worker, grew up in the Hudson Valley, where her working-class family has lived for generations.

From Salon

I guess the thought of chatting with a random postal worker is too much for my brain this afternoon.

From Literature

His father, a postal worker, gave him a sense of the absurd.

From The Wall Street Journal

A postal worker who delivered mail in the afternoon said she has only ever met one person at the home, the owner.

From The Wall Street Journal

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