mailman

English

Etymology

From mail +‎ man.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪl.mæn/, /ˈmeɪl.mən/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

mailman (plural mailmen)

(Canada, US) someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes
- 1974, Ella Leffland, Love Out of Season, page 364:
  "What I'm thinking," she said, "is that I'll become a mailman. They're hiring women mailmen now, you know. [...]"

Synonyms

letter carrier, mail carrier, mailperson, postal carrier, postie, postman, postperson

Hyponyms

mailwoman, mail lady, postwoman, post lady

Translations

post office employee

Albanian: postier (sq) m
Arabic: سَاعِيّ بَرِيد m (sāʕiyy barīd)
Egyptian Arabic: بسطجي m (busṭagi)

Moroccan Arabic: فاكتور m (faktūr)
Armenian: փոստարար (pʻostarar), նամակաբեր (hy) (namakaber)
Azerbaijani: yamçı, çapar, qasid, kağızpaylayan, poçtalyon
Basque: postari (eu)
Belarusian: паштальён m (paštalʹjón), пашта́р m (paštár)
Bengali: পিয়ন (bn) (piẏon)
Bulgarian: пощальо́н (bg) m (poštaljón), по́щаджия (bg) m (póštadžija) (colloquial)
Burmese: စာပို့လုလင် (my) (capui.lu.lang)
Catalan: carter (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 郵差 / 邮差 (jau⁴ caai¹), 信差 (seon³ caai¹)

Mandarin: 郵遞員 / 邮递员 (zh) (yóudìyuán), 郵差 / 邮差 (zh) (yóuchāi)
Chukchi: кэлинлейвыльын
Czech: pošťák (cs) m, listonoš (cs) m
Danish: postbud (da) c
Dutch: postbode (nl) m, brievenbesteller (nl) m, postbesteller (nl)
Esperanto: poŝtisto (eo), leterportisto
Estonian: kirjakandja (et), postimees
Finnish: postinjakaja (fi), postinkantaja (fi), postimies (fi)
French: facteur (fr) m
Georgian: ფოსტალიონი (posṭalioni)
German: (usual) Briefträger (de) m, Postbote (de) m, (officialese) Postzusteller (de) m
Greek: ταχυδρόμος (el) m or f (tachydrómos)
Hebrew: דוור / דַּוָּר (he) m (davár)
Hindi: डाकिया (hi) m (ḍākiyā), डाकवाला m (ḍākvālā)
Hungarian: postás (hu)
Icelandic: bréfberi (is) m, póstmaður m
Ido: letro-portisto (io)
Ingrian: postimees, poštaljona, postinkantaja
Italian: postino (it) m, portalettere (it) m or f
Japanese: 郵便集配人 (ja) (ゆうびんしゅうはいにん, yūbin shūhainin), 郵便配達人 (ja) (ゆうびんはいたつにん, yūbin haitatsunin), 郵便配達員 (ja) (ゆうびんはいたついん, yūbin haitatsuin)
Kazakh: пошташы (poştaşy)
Korean: 우편집배원(郵便集配員) (ko) (upyeonjipbaewon)
Kyrgyz: почтачы (poctacı), почточу (poctocu), почтальон (poctalon)
Lao: ຄົນສົ່ງຈົດໝາຍ (khon song chot māi)
Latin: tabellārius m
Latvian: pastnieks m
Lithuanian: pãštininkas m, láiškininkas m, laiškanešỹs m
Luxembourgish: Bréifdréier (lb) m, Bréifdréiesch f
Macedonian: поштар m (poštar)
Malay: besteler, opas pos, penghantar pos, posmen, tukang pos
Jawi: بستيلر, اوڤس ڤوس, ڤڠهانتر ڤوس, ڤوسمين, توکڠ ڤوس
Maori: kaiamo mēra
Neapolitan: portaléttere
Norman: porteux d'lettres m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: postmann m

Nynorsk: postmann m
Ottoman Turkish: پوسته‌جی (postacı)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: پُسْتْچی (postči), نامِه‌رِسان (nâme-resân)
Plautdietsch: Postmaun m, Postbe'aumta m
Polish: listonosz (pl) m, listonoszka (pl) f, listowy (pl) m (Greater Poland dialect)
Portuguese: carteiro (pt) m
Romanian: poștaș (ro) m, poștar (ro) (rare), factor (ro) m, factor poștal (ro) m
Russian: почтальо́н (ru) m (počtalʹón), почтальо́нша (ru) f (počtalʹónša), письмоно́сец (ru) m (pisʹmonósec)
Scottish Gaelic: posta m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: по̏шта̄р m, листо̀ноша m, писмо̀ноша m

Roman: pȍštār (sh) m, listònoša (sh) m, pismònoša (sh) m
Silesian: briftryjger m
Slovak: poštár (sk) m
Slovene: poštar (sl) m
Spanish: cartero (es) m, trotero m (disused), repartidor postal m, valija (es) f, estafetero m, valijero m
Sranan Tongo: brifiman
Swedish: brevbärare (sv) c
Tagalog: tagahatid-sulat, kartero
Tajik: хаткашон (xatkašon), почталон (počtalon)
Tamil: அஞ்சல் காரர் (añcal kārar)
Thai: บุรุษไปรษณีย์ (th) (bù-rùt-bprai-sà-nii)
Turkish: postacı (tr)
Ukrainian: листоно́ша m (lystonóša), пошта́р m (poštár), поштальйо́н m (poštalʹjón)
Urdu: ڈاکیہ m (ḍākiyah), ڈاکیا m (ḍākiyā)
Uyghur: پوچتالىيون (pochtaliyon), پوچتىكەش (pochtikesh)
Uzbek: pochtachi (uz), pochtalyon, pochtalʻon
Vietnamese: người đưa thư, bưu tá (vi)
Volapük: penediblinan (vo) m or f, penedihiblinan m, penedijiblinan f
Walloon: messaedjî (wa) m (old), facteur (wa) m
Welsh: postmon m
Yiddish: בריווטרעגער m (brivtreger)

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