postal worker

[ pohs-tl wur-ker ]

noun

1. a person employed by a government postal system to sort, transport, or deliver mail, or to work in a customer service capacity at the counter of a post office.

Word History and Origins

Origin of postal worker¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

It turned out he was a postal worker delivering mail-in ballots, but the video was seen more than five million times.

From BBC

Annabelle Pancake, 11, right, of Anaheim, plays a Calico Gazette reporter interviewing a postal worker, played by Rachel Roman.

From Los Angeles Times

Royal Mail staff will pay tribute when the cortege passes as Elsie's father, David Stancombe, is a postal worker.

From BBC

Bill Harris, a postal worker and Marxist whose face would soon be on FBI Wanted posters from coast to coast, opened his local newspaper in late 1973 and became intrigued by an item from high society.

From Los Angeles Times

Annabelle Pancake, 11, right, of Anaheim, plays a Calico Gazette reporter interviewing a postal worker, played by Rachel Roman.

From Los Angeles Times