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/ˈmeɪl.mæn/ · noun
(Canada, US) Someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes..
"What I'm thinking," she said, "is that I'll become a mailman. They're hiring women mailmen now, you know. […]"
Use mailman when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mailman means (Canada, US) Someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes..
Common synonyms include letter carrier, mail carrier, mailperson, postal carrier.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"What I'm thinking," she said, "is that I'll become a mailman. They're hiring women mailmen now, you know. […]"
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