postwoman

English

Etymology

post +‎ woman

Noun

postwoman (plural postwomen)

(rare) A female letter carrier, a woman who delivers mail.

Synonyms

mailwoman, mail lady, post lady

Antonyms

mailman, postman

Hypernyms

mail carrier, letter carrier, postal carrier, postal worker, mailperson, postperson

Translations

woman who delivers the post or mail

Basque: postari (eu)
Danish: postbud (da) n, brevbærer c
Esperanto: poŝtistino, leterportistino, leteristino
French: factrice (fr) f
German: Postfrau f, Postbotin (de) f, Briefträgerin (de) f, Briefzustellerin (de) f, Zustellerin (de) f
Icelandic: póstkona f
Italian: postina (it) f
Latvian: pastniece
Norwegian:
Bokmål: (kvinnelig (no)) postbud (no) n
Polish: listonoszka (pl) f
Romanian: poștăriță (ro) f, factoriță (ro) f
Russian: почтальо́нша (ru) f (počtalʹónša)
Swedish: brevbärare (sv) c
Volapük: (♀) penedijiblinan

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