Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK)Someone who delivers the post (mail) to, and/or collects the post from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.

    a man who delivers the mail

  2. (England, historical)One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions, so called from the place where he sat, the other of the two being the tubman.

Examples

46 sentences
  1. She became a postman.

    Вона стала листоношою.

    ruОна стала почтальоном.

    deSie ist Briefträgerin geworden.

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  2. Tom is a postman.

    Том — листоноша.

    ruТом — почтальон.

    deTom ist Postbote.

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  3. The dog went for the postman.

    deDer Hund ging auf den Briefträger los.

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  4. The postman delivers letters every morning.

    deDer Briefträger trägt Briefe jeden Morgen aus.

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  5. A postman brought newspapers every morning.

    ruПочтальон приносил газеты каждое утро.

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Forms

plural: postmen
Singularpostman
Pluralpostmen

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Synonyms

6 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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