Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Canada, US)Someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.

    Briefträger, Postbote, Postzusteller

    почтальо́нpočtalʹón, почтальо́ншаpočtalʹónša, письмоно́сецpisʹmonósec

    листоно́шаlystonóša, пошта́рpoštár, поштальйо́нpoštalʹjón

    a man who delivers the mail

Examples

39 sentences
  1. Tom is a mailman.

    Том — листоноша.

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  2. Has the mailman already come?

    Листоноша вже прийшов?

    ruПочтальон уже пришел?

    deWar der Briefträger schon da?

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  3. The dog barked at the mailman.

    ruСобака облаяла почтальона.

    deDer Hund bellte den Briefträger an.

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  4. The mailman will be here soon.

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  5. The mailman should be here soon.

    deDer Postbote müßte bald kommen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
post office employee:
Русский
By meaning 1
post office employee:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
post office employee:

Origin

From mail + man.

From mail + man.

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Forms

plural: mailmen
Singularmailman
Pluralmailmen

irregular · Lesson

Synonyms

7 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mailman — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto