Standard Lemma guide

mailman

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈmeɪl.mæn/
  • General-American: /ˈmeɪl.mən/
  • /ˈmeɪl.mɛən/ æ-raising
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: M EY1 L M AE2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a man who delivers the mail

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: postman, mail carrier, letter carrier, carrier

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: deliveryman, delivery boy, deliverer

History

Etymology

Possibly an altered form of Maiman.

From mail + man.

Across languages

Translations

155 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: postier — post office employee
  • Arabic: سَاعِيّ بَرِيد (sāʕiyy barīd) — post office employee
  • Arabic: بسطجي (busṭagi) — post office employee
  • Arabic: فاكتور (faktūr) — post office employee
  • Armenian: փոստարար (pʻostarar) — post office employee
  • Armenian: նամակաբեր (namakaber) — post office employee
  • Azerbaijani: yamçı — post office employee
  • Azerbaijani: çapar — post office employee
  • Azerbaijani: qasid — post office employee
  • Azerbaijani: kağızpaylayan — post office employee
  • Azerbaijani: poçtalyon — post office employee
  • Bashkir: почтальон (poçtalʹon) — post office employee
  • Basque: postari — post office employee
  • Belarusian: паштальён (paštalʹjón) — post office employee
  • Belarusian: пашта́р (paštár) — post office employee
  • Bengali: পিয়ন (piẏon) — post office employee
  • Bulgarian: пощальо́н (poštaljón) — post office employee
  • Bulgarian: по́щаджия (póštadžija) — post office employee
  • Burmese: စာပို့လုလင် (capui.lu.lang) — post office employee
  • Catalan: carter — post office employee
  • Chinese Cantonese: 郵差 /邮差 (jau4 caai1) — post office employee
  • Chinese Cantonese: 信差 (seon3 caai1) — post office employee
  • Chinese Mandarin: 郵遞員 /邮递员 (yóudìyuán) — post office employee
  • Chinese Mandarin: 郵差 /邮差 (yóuchāi) — post office employee
  • Chukchi: кэлинлейвыльын — post office employee
  • Czech: pošťák — post office employee
  • Czech: listonoš — post office employee
  • Danish: postbud — post office employee
  • Dutch: postbode — post office employee
  • Dutch: brievenbesteller — post office employee
  • Dutch: postbesteller — post office employee
  • Esperanto: poŝtisto — post office employee
  • Esperanto: leterportisto — post office employee
  • Estonian: kirjakandja — post office employee
  • Estonian: postimees — post office employee
  • Finnish: postinjakaja — post office employee
  • Finnish: postinkantaja — post office employee
  • Finnish: postimies — post office employee
  • French: facteur — post office employee
  • French: factrice — post office employee
  • Georgian: ფოსტალიონი (posṭalioni) — post office employee
  • German: Briefträger — post office employee
  • German: Postbote — post office employee
  • German: Postzusteller — post office employee
  • Greek: ταχυδρόμος (tachydrómos) — post office employee
  • Hebrew: דוור — post office employee
  • Hebrew: דַּוָּר (davár) — post office employee
  • Hindi: डाकिया (ḍākiyā) — post office employee
  • Hindi: डाकवाला (ḍākvālā) — post office employee
  • Hindi: पत्रवाहक (patravāhak) — post office employee
  • Hungarian: postás — post office employee
  • Icelandic: bréfberi — post office employee
  • Icelandic: póstmaður — post office employee
  • Ido: letro-portisto — post office employee
  • Ingrian: postimees — post office employee
  • Ingrian: poštaljona — post office employee
  • Ingrian: postinkantaja — post office employee
  • Italian: postino — post office employee
  • Italian: portalettere — post office employee
  • Japanese: 郵便集配人 (yūbin shūhainin) — post office employee
  • Japanese: 郵便配達人 (yūbin haitatsunin) — post office employee
  • Japanese: 郵便配達員 (yūbin haitatsuin) — post office employee
  • Kazakh: пошташы (poştaşy) — post office employee
  • Korean: 우편집배원 (upyeonjipbaewon) — post office employee
  • Kyrgyz: почтачы (poctacı) — post office employee
  • Kyrgyz: почточу (poctocu) — post office employee
  • Kyrgyz: почтальон (poctalon) — post office employee
  • Lao: ຄົນສົ່ງຈົດຫມາຍ (khon song chot māi) — post office employee
  • Latin: tabellārius — post office employee
  • Latvian: pastnieks — post office employee
  • Lithuanian: pãštininkas — post office employee
  • Lithuanian: láiškininkas — post office employee
  • Lithuanian: laiškanešỹs — post office employee
  • Luxembourgish: Bréifdréier — post office employee
  • Luxembourgish: Bréifdréiesch — post office employee
  • Macedonian: поштар (poštar) — post office employee
  • Malay: besteler — post office employee
  • Malay: opas pos — post office employee
  • Malay: penghantar pos — post office employee
  • Malay: posmen — post office employee
  • Malay: tukang pos — post office employee
  • Malay: بستيلر — post office employee
  • Malay: اوڤس ڤوس — post office employee
  • Malay: ڤڠهانتر ڤوس — post office employee
  • Malay: ڤوسمين — post office employee
  • Malay: توکڠ ڤوس — post office employee
  • Māori: kaiamo mēra — post office employee
  • Mauritian Creole: fakter — post office employee
  • Navajo: naaltsoos neiyéhé — post office employee
  • Neapolitan: portaléttere — post office employee
  • Norman: porteux d'lettres — post office employee
  • Norwegian Bokmål: postmann — post office employee
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: postmann — post office employee
  • Pannonian Rusyn: поштар (poštar) — post office employee
  • Iranian Persian: پُسْتْچی (postči) — post office employee
  • Iranian Persian: نامِهرِسان (nâme-resân) — post office employee
  • Plautdietsch: Postmaun — post office employee
  • Plautdietsch: Postbe'aumta — post office employee
  • Polish: listonosz — post office employee
  • Polish: listonoszka — post office employee
  • Polish: listowy — post office employee
  • Portuguese: carteiro — post office employee
  • Romanian: poștaș — post office employee
  • Romanian: poștar — post office employee
  • Romanian: factor — post office employee
  • Romanian: factor poștal — post office employee
  • Russian: почтальо́н (počtalʹón) — post office employee
  • Russian: почтальо́нша (počtalʹónša) — post office employee
  • Russian: письмоно́сец (pisʹmonósec) — post office employee
  • Scottish Gaelic: posta — post office employee
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̏шта̄р — post office employee
  • Serbo-Croatian: листо̀ноша — post office employee
  • Serbo-Croatian: писмо̀ноша — post office employee
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȍštār — post office employee
  • Serbo-Croatian: listònoša — post office employee
  • Serbo-Croatian: pismònoša — post office employee
  • Silesian: briftryjger — post office employee
  • Slovak: poštár — post office employee
  • Slovene: poštar — post office employee
  • Spanish: cartero — post office employee
  • Spanish: trotero (disused) — post office employee
  • Spanish: repartidor postal — post office employee
  • Spanish: valija — post office employee
  • Spanish: estafetero — post office employee
  • Spanish: valijero — post office employee
  • Sranan Tongo: brifiman — post office employee
  • Swedish: brevbärare — post office employee
  • Tagalog: tagahatid-sulat — post office employee
  • Tagalog: kartero — post office employee
  • Tajik: хаткашон (xatkašon) — post office employee
  • Tajik: почталон (počtalon) — post office employee
  • Tamil: அஞ்சல் காரர் (añcal kārar) — post office employee
  • Thai: บุรุษไปรษณีย์ (bù-rùt-bprai-sà-nii) — post office employee
  • Turkish: postacı — post office employee
  • Ottoman Turkish: پوستهجی (postacı) — post office employee
  • Ukrainian: листоно́ша (lystonóša) — post office employee
  • Ukrainian: пошта́р (poštár) — post office employee
  • Ukrainian: поштальйо́н (poštalʹjón) — post office employee
  • Urdu: ڈاکِیَہ (ḍākiya) — post office employee
  • Urdu: ڈاکِیَا (ḍākiyā) — post office employee
  • Urdu: ڈاک والا (ḍāk vālā) — post office employee
  • Uyghur: پوچتالىيون (pochtaliyon) — post office employee
  • Uyghur: پوچتىكەش (pochtikesh) — post office employee
  • Uzbek: pochtachi — post office employee
  • Uzbek: pochtalyon — post office employee
  • Uzbek: pochtalʻon — post office employee
  • Vietnamese: người đưa thư — post office employee
  • Vietnamese: bưu tá — post office employee
  • Volapük: penediblinan — post office employee
  • Volapük: penedihiblinan — post office employee
  • Volapük: penedijiblinan — post office employee
  • Walloon: messaedjî — post office employee
  • Walloon: facteur — post office employee
  • Welsh: postmon — post office employee
  • Yiddish: בריווטרעגער (brivtreger) — post office employee