Crossword clues for postman
postman
- Early visitor to house after castle, say
- One getting the sack maybe after us
- Bringer of tidings needs support - Mother Nature, primarily
- Job with island worker delivering letters
- Deliverer of mail
- Letter carrier
- He pushes the envelope
- Unseen title character of a Cain novel
- U.S. male?
- One who "rings twice," in an old film
- One who "always rings twice"
- Mail carrier
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Postman \Post"man\, n.; pl. Postmen.
A post or courier; a letter carrier.
(Eng. Law) One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions; -- so called from the place where he sits. The other of the two is called the tubman.
--Whishaw.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context chiefly British English) someone (implied male) who delivers the post (mail) to, and/or collects the post from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes. 2 One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions, so called from the place where he sits, the other of the two being the tubman.
WordNet
n. a man who delivers the mail [syn: mailman, mail carrier, letter carrier, carrier]
Wikipedia
Postman (David) is a Marvel Comics character. He has the ability to permanently erase people's memories, usually specified by naming whatever he wants that person to forget.
A postman is a mail carrier, a person delivering post.
Postman, The Postman, or Postmen may refer to:
Postman is a Chinese film made in 1995 and directed by He Jianjun. His second feature, Postman tells the story of a shy mailman played by Feng Yuanzheng who steals and reads the letters of people on his route. The film is considered part of China's sixth generation movement.
The director operated under a ban during Postman's production and only succeeded in screening the film abroad after smuggling a print out of the country and finishing the film overseas.
Postman is a 1967 Indian Malayalam film, directed and produced by PA Thomas. The film stars Sathyan, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair and Hari in lead roles. The film had musical score by BA Chidambaranath.
Usage examples of "postman".
As the postman leapt back into his van, Mark returned to the silent kitchen and the empty screen of his laptop.
According to the postman, the local Ofsted inspector lives next door to her and she throws water on his cat because ft pees in her garden.
Still, Rosie thought, if it put the postman off, she had no intention of tidying it up.
It was difficult to imagine the film star and the red-faced, roll-eyed postman as an item.
It seemed very odd that Mrs Womersley, who had always seemed to regard him with suspicion, would let the postman into her confidence to such an extent.
Even given his gift for inaccurate precis, it seemed unlikely the postman had got things this wrong.
What did the bloody postman know about what papers would be interested in?
Mr Pump set off towards the distant counter, and the bearded Junior Postman panicked.
The new, painfully slow arrival was Senior Postman Aggy, dragging one leg because it had a bulldog attached to it.
Half an hour later, still tacky to the touch, each one accompanied by a human postman, the golems took to the streets.
He drank to the postman, coughing a little but relishing the warm glow.
For the visiting postman and his company, they put on a folk festival, of sorts.
Gordon realized then that Powhatan was paying the visiting postman back with interest for the unasked-for guilt he had been delivered.
He had been a postman twenty-five years without a promotion, and with only infinitesimal advances in salary.
After dinner Vincent sketched Madame Roulin, chatting with the postman as he worked.