"letter-carrier" meaning in English

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      "form": "letter-carriers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "expansion": "letter-carrier (plural letter-carriers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "word": "carrier"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1737 October 15, The Newcastle Courant",
          "text": "Laſt Night Mr. Over, his Majeſty’s Letter-Carrier, was aſſaulted on his Return from the Poſt-Office on Horſeback near Cheapſide, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1869, Velox [pseudonym], “The Velocipede of the Past; and The Art of Velocipede Management”, in Velocipedes, Bicycles, and Tricycles: How to Make and How to Use Them. With a Sketch of their History, Invention, and Progress, London: George Routledge and Sons, […], →OCLC, page 40",
          "text": "A number of the country letter-carriers were mounted on the wheel-horse, and whilst the roads continued dry and hard M. Dreuze could congratulate himself on the success of his invention; […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 July 30, Andre Ramshaw, “Hotel chain revives ‘classic’ postcard pastime”, in Vancouver Sun, page E6",
          "text": "It’s a long way from the postcard’s heyday in the Edwardian era when the humble picture greeting was the WhatsApp of its day, with billions written and delivered annually and letter-carriers making up to 12 drops a day.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of letter carrier."
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      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "letter-carrier"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "letter-carriers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "carrier"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1737 October 15, The Newcastle Courant",
          "text": "Laſt Night Mr. Over, his Majeſty’s Letter-Carrier, was aſſaulted on his Return from the Poſt-Office on Horſeback near Cheapſide, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1869, Velox [pseudonym], “The Velocipede of the Past; and The Art of Velocipede Management”, in Velocipedes, Bicycles, and Tricycles: How to Make and How to Use Them. With a Sketch of their History, Invention, and Progress, London: George Routledge and Sons, […], →OCLC, page 40",
          "text": "A number of the country letter-carriers were mounted on the wheel-horse, and whilst the roads continued dry and hard M. Dreuze could congratulate himself on the success of his invention; […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 July 30, Andre Ramshaw, “Hotel chain revives ‘classic’ postcard pastime”, in Vancouver Sun, page E6",
          "text": "It’s a long way from the postcard’s heyday in the Edwardian era when the humble picture greeting was the WhatsApp of its day, with billions written and delivered annually and letter-carriers making up to 12 drops a day.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of letter carrier."
      ],
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        "letter"
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  "word": "letter-carrier"
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