expressman

[ ik-spres-muhn, -man ]

noun

, plural ex·press·men [ik-, spres, -m, uh, n, -men].

1. a person who makes collections or deliveries for an express company.

Word History and Origins

Origin of expressman¹

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; express + man

Example Sentences

Cassidy and the expressman puffed freely and looked at the thing as if wondering how two men had ever been equal to it.

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The expressman came about this time, but he didn't take her trunk.

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Well—yes—I suppose that is the impression we are giving the expressman over there.

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You may telephone the expressman to have my trunk sent here.

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He did not see her again until he had had his luggage passed and turned it over to an expressman.

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