letter carrier

See also: letter-carrier

English

letter carrier (plural letter carriers)

An employee of the post office who delivers mail (post) to, and collects it from, a residence or business, or from public mailboxes.

The phrase letter carrier came to be used as a gender-neutral substitute for mailman soon after women became employed in this job.

post office employee

Catalan: carter (ca) m, cartera (ca) f
Danish: brevbærer c
Dutch: postbezorger, postbode (nl)
Esperanto: poŝtisto (eo), leterportisto, leteristo
Finnish: postinkantaja (fi)
French: facteur (fr) m, factrice (fr) f
German: Briefträger (de) m, Briefträgerin (de) f, Postbote (de) m, Postbotin (de) f, Briefzusteller (de) m, Briefzustellerin (de) f, Zusteller (de) m, Zustellerin (de) f
Hungarian: postás (hu), levélkihordó, kézbesítő (hu)
Japanese: 郵便配達員 (yūbin haitatsuin), 郵便配達人 (yūbin haitatsunin)
Kyrgyz: кат ташуучу (kat taşuucu)
Latin: tabellārius m
Norman: porteux d'lettres m
Russian: почтальо́н (ru) m (počtalʹón), письмоно́сец (ru) m (pisʹmonósec), почтальо́нша (ru) f (počtalʹónša)
Scottish Gaelic: posta m, post m
Swedish: brevbärare (sv) c
Volapük: (♂♀) penediblinan (vo), (♂) penedihiblinan, (♀) penedijiblinan

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