"mail-carrier" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1792 January, Philanthropos [pseudonym], “From the Maryland Journal. On the proposed TAX on NEWSPAPERS.”, in National Gazette, volume I, number 29, published 6 February 1792, page 116, column 3",
          "text": "But, have not the mail-carriers carried the printers’ papers, for theſe ſeven years paſt, without aſking one ſhilling more for ſo doing?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1951, Minnie Braithwaite Jenkins, ““Teacher—Yes””, in Girl from Williamsburg, Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, Incorporated, part III (At Old Fort Mohave), page 259",
          "text": "At Needles, I found the tall mail-carrier at the depot looking for me.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 September 25, The Canadian Press, “Trudeau, Scheer exchange fire in climate fight”, in Red Deer Advocate, page 29, column 4",
          "text": "Post offices would host electric-vehicle charging stations, for instance, and mail-carriers could be asked to check in on vulnerable residents along their routes.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "Alternative form of mail carrier."
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  "word": "mail-carrier"
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          "ref": "1792 January, Philanthropos [pseudonym], “From the Maryland Journal. On the proposed TAX on NEWSPAPERS.”, in National Gazette, volume I, number 29, published 6 February 1792, page 116, column 3",
          "text": "But, have not the mail-carriers carried the printers’ papers, for theſe ſeven years paſt, without aſking one ſhilling more for ſo doing?",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1951, Minnie Braithwaite Jenkins, ““Teacher—Yes””, in Girl from Williamsburg, Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, Incorporated, part III (At Old Fort Mohave), page 259",
          "text": "At Needles, I found the tall mail-carrier at the depot looking for me.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2019 September 25, The Canadian Press, “Trudeau, Scheer exchange fire in climate fight”, in Red Deer Advocate, page 29, column 4",
          "text": "Post offices would host electric-vehicle charging stations, for instance, and mail-carriers could be asked to check in on vulnerable residents along their routes.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Alternative form of mail carrier."
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