1. a postal employee who carries and delivers mail; mail carrier.
1. a barrister in the Court of Exchequer who had precedence in motions.
Examples from the web for postman
- And since letters sometimes took months to deliver, the derelict postman would have absconded long since, anyway.
- Well, postman, it is only fair to note that violence in ivory towers is extremely low nowadays.
- If you notice the picture of the postman on that page, thats basically my position.
- He was proud she had more friends than a postman with a bag full of welfare checks.
- In the past he has worked as a postman, barman, factory hand and pop group manager.
- The events aren't exactly telegraphed in advance, but delivered slowly by a postman with sore feet.
British Dictionary definitions for postman
noun (
pl)
-men, -women 1. a person who carries and delivers mail as a profession
Word Origin and History for postman