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postie

noun

ˈpō-stē

Definition of postie

British

as in postman

a person who delivers mail the sort of small Cornish village in which the local postie knows everyone's business

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Noun

Think traditional snail mail but digital and with birds delivering messages, not a postman.

— Greta Cross, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
The postman will stop you for a chat, and people will remember your kids’ names.

— Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2026

Definition of postman

Noun

Watkins will play Elaine, who carries the spirit of Promise as the town’s head librarian, postmaster, sheriff, veterinarian, chaplain, and aunt to Asher (Eikenberry).

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 9 June 2026
It was seized by the post office (as Rosset had expected) and duly declared obscene by the postmaster of the city of New York, a man named Robert Christenberry.

— Louis Menand, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

Definition of postmaster

Noun

After the mailman threw a rock at Sugar, the bird followed him to his truck.

— Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
There are genuine laughs sprinkled in but too many elements land with a thud — including an excessive amount of comedic gore that grows tiresome and a mailman/narrator gag that just isn’t funny.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

Definition of mailman

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