Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A barrister in the Court of Exchequer in England, now merged in High Court of Justice, who had precedence in motions: so called from the place where he sat.
- noun A post; a messenger; a courier; one who rides post.
- noun A mail-carrier.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A post or courier; a letter carrier.
- noun (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 .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chiefly UK someone (implied male) who
delivers thepost (mail ) to, and/orcollects the post from,residential orcommercial addresses , or frompublic mailboxes . - noun One of the two most experienced
barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who haveprecedence inmotions , so called from the place where he sits, the other of the two being thetubman .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a man who delivers the mail
Etymologies
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Examples
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Jennifer, tipping the postman is a good idea. geri
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Jennifer, tipping the postman is a good idea. geri
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There, with his wife, he lives an idyllic, if somewhat solitary life, writing and receiving so much fan-mail that a special postman is hired to hand-deliver his letters, which he does on a bicycle.
Donna Perlmutter: Postino and Figaro: Underclass Heroes Who Usher in L.A. Opera's 25th Season Donna Perlmutter 2010
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There, with his wife, he lives an idyllic, if somewhat solitary life, writing and receiving so much fan-mail that a special postman is hired to hand-deliver his letters, which he does on a bicycle.
Donna Perlmutter: Postino and Figaro: Underclass Heroes Who Usher in L.A. Opera's 25th Season Donna Perlmutter 2010
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There, with his wife, he lives an idyllic, if somewhat solitary life, writing and receiving so much fan-mail that a special postman is hired to hand-deliver his letters, which he does on a bicycle.
Donna Perlmutter: Postino and Figaro: Underclass Heroes Who Usher in L.A. Opera's 25th Season Donna Perlmutter 2010
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Well, that's usually what it feels like, but not when the postman is from TNT.
presents for myself nathreee 2008
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The postman is getting more and more fed up with this.
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The postman is getting more and more fed up with this.
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The postman is getting more and more fed up with this.
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All, and I do mean all, this veteran postman is providing in 20 minutes of play these days is a handful of rebounds.
USATODAY.com - Running (and screening and defending) on empty 2005
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