- postman post·man n
- ['pəʊstmən]
-men pl Brit postino
he's a postman — fa il postino
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postman post·man n
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Postman — Post man, n.; pl. {Postmen}. 1. A post or courier; a letter carrier. [1913 Webster] 2. (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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
postman — post|man [ poustmən ] (plural post|men [ poustmən ] ) noun count MAINLY BRITISH a MAILMAN … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
postman — post|man [ˈpəustmən US ˈpoust ] n plural postmen [ mən] BrE someone whose job is to collect and deliver letters American Equivalent: mailman … Dictionary of contemporary English
postman — post·man … English syllables
postman — post•man [[t]ˈpoʊst mən[/t]] n. pl. men mail carrier • Etymology: 1520–30 … From formal English to slang
Postman's Park — Postman s Park. The Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice is beneath the awning shown in th … Wikipedia
Postman Plod — is the name of a comic strip in the British comic Viz and the name of the main character. It was drawn by Graham Dury, who created many other Viz characters, including The Fat Slags.It appeared regularly during the 1980s until the mid 1990s.As… … Wikipedia
postman — 1520s, from POST (Cf. post) (3) + MAN (Cf. man) … Etymology dictionary
postman — The man who collects and delivers mail is a postman in Britain, a mailman in the USA. In Somerset Maugham’s short story Episode a girl runs to catch a postman who has just emptied a box. ‘“Postman,” she cried, “take this letter, will you.”’ In … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
post - mail — The public service by which letters and parcels are collected and delivered is usually called the post in British English and the mail in American English. Mail is also sometimes used in British English, for example in the name Royal Mail . There … Useful english dictionary
postman — [[t]po͟ʊstmən[/t]] postmen N COUNT A postman is a man whose job is to collect and deliver letters and packages that are sent by post. [mainly BRIT] (in AM, usually use mailman) … English dictionary
