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Noun: letter carrier  'le-tur 'ker-ee-ur
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: postman)
  1. A person who delivers the mail
    "The neighborhood children eagerly awaited the letter carrier's arrival";
    - mail carrier [N. Amer], carrier, postman, postie [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: letter carriers

Type of: deliverer, delivery boy

Encyclopedia: Letter carrier