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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1974, Ella Leffland, Love Out of Season, page 364",
"text": "\"What I'm thinking,\" she said, \"is that I'll become a mailman. They're hiring women mailmen now, you know. [...]\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes"
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"word": "mailwoman"
},
{
"word": "mail lady"
},
{
"word": "postwoman"
},
{
"word": "post lady"
}
],
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"Canada",
"Canada"
],
[
"US",
"American English"
],
[
"deliver",
"deliver"
],
[
"mail",
"mail"
],
[
"collect",
"collect"
],
[
"residential",
"residential"
],
[
"commercial",
"commercial"
],
[
"address",
"address"
],
[
"public",
"public"
],
[
"mailbox",
"mailbox"
]
],
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"(Canada, US) someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "letter carrier"
},
{
"word": "mail carrier"
},
{
"word": "mailperson"
},
{
"word": "postal carrier"
},
{
"word": "postie"
},
{
"word": "postman"
},
{
"word": "postperson"
}
],
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"Canada",
"US"
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{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "postier"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sāʕiyy barīd",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سَاعِيّ بَرِيد"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "busṭagi",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "بسطجي"
},
{
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "faktūr",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "فاكتور"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pʿostarar",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "փոստարար"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "yamçı"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "çapar"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "qasid"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "kağızpaylayan"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "poçtalyon"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "postari"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "paštalʹjón",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "паштальён"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "paštár",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пашта́р"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "piẏon",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "পিয়ন"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "poštaljón",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пощальо́н"
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{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "capui.lu.lang",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "စာပို့လုလင်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "carter"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "郵差"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "jau⁴ caai¹",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "邮差"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "seon³ caai¹",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "信差"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "郵遞員"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yóudìyuán",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "邮递员"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "郵差"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yóuchāi",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "邮差"
},
{
"code": "ckt",
"lang": "Chukchi",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "кэлинлейвыльын"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pošťák"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "listonoš"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "postbud"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "postbode"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brievenbesteller"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "postbesteller"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "poŝtisto"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "leterportisto"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "kirjakandja"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "postimees"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "postinjakaja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "postinkantaja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "postimies"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "facteur"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "posṭalioni",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "ფოსტალიონი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Briefträger"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Postmann"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Postbote"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Briefzusteller"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Zusteller"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tachydrómos",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ταχυδρόμος"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "דוור"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "davár",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "דַּוָּר"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "postás"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bréfberi"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "póstmaður"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "letro-portisto"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "postimees"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "poštaljona"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "postinkantaja"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "postino"
},
{
"alt": "ゆうびんしゅうはいにん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yūbin shūhainin",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "郵便集配人"
},
{
"alt": "ゆうびんはいたつにん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yūbin haitatsunin",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "郵便配達人"
},
{
"alt": "ゆうびんはいたついん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yūbin haitatsuin",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "郵便配達員"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "poştaşy",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "пошташы"
},
{
"alt": "郵便集配員",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "upyeonjipbaewon",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "우편집배원"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "poctacı",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "почтачы"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "poctocu",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "почточу"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "poctalon",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "почтальон"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "khon song chot māi",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "ຄົນສົ່ງຈົດໝາຍ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tabellārius"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pastnieks"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paštininkas"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Bréifdréier"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Bréifdréiesch"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "poštar",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "поштар"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "besteler"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "opas pos"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "penghantar pos"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "posmen"
},
{
"code": "ms",
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"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "tukang pos"
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{
"code": "ms",
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"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"Jawi"
],
"word": "بستيلر"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"Jawi"
],
"word": "اوڤس ڤوس"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"Jawi"
],
"word": "ڤڠهانتر ڤوس"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"Jawi"
],
"word": "ڤوسمين"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"Jawi"
],
"word": "توکڠ ڤوس"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "kaiamo mēra"
},
{
"code": "nap",
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "portaléttere"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "porteux d'lettres"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "postmann"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "postacı",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "پوستهجی"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "postči",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "پستچی"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
"code": "pdt",
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"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Postbe'aumta"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "listonosz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "Greater Poland dialect",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "listowy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "carteiro"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poștaș"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "poștar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "factor"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "factor poștal"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "počtalʹón",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "почтальо́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "počtalʹónša",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "почтальо́нша"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pisʹmonósec",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "письмоно́сец"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "posta"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "по̏шта̄р"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "листо̀ноша"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
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"word": "писмо̀ноша"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pȍštār"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "listònoša"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "szl",
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"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "briftryjger"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poštár"
},
{
"code": "sl",
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"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poštar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cartero"
},
{
"code": "srn",
"lang": "Sranan Tongo",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "brifiman"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "brevbärare"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "tagahatid-sulat"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "kartero"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "xatkašon",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "хаткашон"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "añcal kārar",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "அஞ்சல் காரர்"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bù-rùt-bprai-sà-nii",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "บุรุษไปรษณีย์"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "postacı"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "lystonóša",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "листоно́ша"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "poštár",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пошта́р"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ḍākiyah",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ڈاکیہ"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ḍākiyā",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ڈاکیا"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "pochtachi"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "pochtalyon"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "pochtalʻon"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "người đưa thư"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "bưu tá"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "penediblinan"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "penedihiblinan"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "penedijiblinan"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"english": "old",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "messaedjî"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "facteur"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "postmon"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "brivtreger",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "בריווטרעגער"
}
],
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"mailman"
]
}
],
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}
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{
"args": {
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"2": "mail",
"3": "man"
},
"expansion": "mail + man",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "mail + man",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mailmen",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "mailmen"
},
"expansion": "mailman (plural mailmen)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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{
"word": "mailwoman"
},
{
"word": "mail lady"
},
{
"word": "postwoman"
},
{
"word": "post lady"
}
],
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"pos": "noun",
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"Canadian English",
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"English compound terms",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English nouns with irregular plurals",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"Urdu terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"en:Occupations",
"en:People",
"en:Post"
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{
"ref": "1974, Ella Leffland, Love Out of Season, page 364",
"text": "\"What I'm thinking,\" she said, \"is that I'll become a mailman. They're hiring women mailmen now, you know. [...]\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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[
"Canada",
"Canada"
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[
"US",
"American English"
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[
"deliver",
"deliver"
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[
"mail",
"mail"
],
[
"collect",
"collect"
],
[
"residential",
"residential"
],
[
"commercial",
"commercial"
],
[
"address",
"address"
],
[
"public",
"public"
],
[
"mailbox",
"mailbox"
]
],
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],
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US"
],
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"mailman"
]
}
],
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{
"word": "letter carrier"
},
{
"word": "mail carrier"
},
{
"word": "mailperson"
},
{
"word": "postal carrier"
},
{
"word": "postie"
},
{
"word": "postman"
},
{
"word": "postperson"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "postier"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sāʕiyy barīd",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سَاعِيّ بَرِيد"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "busṭagi",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "بسطجي"
},
{
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "faktūr",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "فاكتور"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pʿostarar",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "փոստարար"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "yamçı"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "çapar"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "qasid"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "kağızpaylayan"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "poçtalyon"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "postari"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "paštalʹjón",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "паштальён"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "paštár",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пашта́р"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "piẏon",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "পিয়ন"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "poštaljón",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пощальо́н"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "capui.lu.lang",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "စာပို့လုလင်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "carter"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "郵差"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "jau⁴ caai¹",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "邮差"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "seon³ caai¹",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "信差"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "郵遞員"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yóudìyuán",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "邮递员"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "郵差"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yóuchāi",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "邮差"
},
{
"code": "ckt",
"lang": "Chukchi",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "кэлинлейвыльын"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pošťák"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "listonoš"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "postbud"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "postbode"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brievenbesteller"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "postbesteller"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "poŝtisto"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "leterportisto"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "kirjakandja"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "postimees"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "postinjakaja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "postinkantaja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "postimies"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "facteur"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "posṭalioni",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "ფოსტალიონი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Briefträger"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Postmann"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Postbote"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Briefzusteller"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Zusteller"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tachydrómos",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ταχυδρόμος"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "דוור"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "davár",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "דַּוָּר"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "postás"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bréfberi"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "póstmaður"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "letro-portisto"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "postimees"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "poštaljona"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "postinkantaja"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "postino"
},
{
"alt": "ゆうびんしゅうはいにん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yūbin shūhainin",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "郵便集配人"
},
{
"alt": "ゆうびんはいたつにん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yūbin haitatsunin",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "郵便配達人"
},
{
"alt": "ゆうびんはいたついん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yūbin haitatsuin",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "郵便配達員"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "poştaşy",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "пошташы"
},
{
"alt": "郵便集配員",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "upyeonjipbaewon",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "우편집배원"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "poctacı",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "почтачы"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "poctocu",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "почточу"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "poctalon",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "почтальон"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "khon song chot māi",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "ຄົນສົ່ງຈົດໝາຍ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tabellārius"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pastnieks"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paštininkas"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Bréifdréier"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Bréifdréiesch"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "poštar",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "поштар"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "besteler"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "opas pos"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "penghantar pos"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "posmen"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "tukang pos"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"Jawi"
],
"word": "بستيلر"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"Jawi"
],
"word": "اوڤس ڤوس"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"Jawi"
],
"word": "ڤڠهانتر ڤوس"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"Jawi"
],
"word": "ڤوسمين"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"Jawi"
],
"word": "توکڠ ڤوس"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "kaiamo mēra"
},
{
"code": "nap",
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "portaléttere"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "porteux d'lettres"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "postmann"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "postacı",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "پوستهجی"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "postči",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "پستچی"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Postmaun"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Postbe'aumta"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "listonosz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "listonoszka"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "Greater Poland dialect",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "listowy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "carteiro"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poștaș"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "poștar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "factor"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "factor poștal"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "počtalʹón",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "почтальо́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "počtalʹónša",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "почтальо́нша"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pisʹmonósec",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "письмоно́сец"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "posta"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "по̏шта̄р"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "листо̀ноша"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "писмо̀ноша"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pȍštār"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "listònoša"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pismònoša"
},
{
"code": "szl",
"lang": "Silesian",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "briftryjger"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poštár"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poštar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cartero"
},
{
"code": "srn",
"lang": "Sranan Tongo",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "brifiman"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "brevbärare"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "tagahatid-sulat"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "kartero"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "xatkašon",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "хаткашон"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "añcal kārar",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "அஞ்சல் காரர்"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bù-rùt-bprai-sà-nii",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "บุรุษไปรษณีย์"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "postacı"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "lystonóša",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "листоно́ша"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "poštár",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пошта́р"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ḍākiyah",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ڈاکیہ"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ḍākiyā",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ڈاکیا"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "pochtachi"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "pochtalyon"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "pochtalʻon"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "người đưa thư"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "post office employee",
"word": "bưu tá"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "penediblinan"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "penedihiblinan"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "penedijiblinan"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"english": "old",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "messaedjî"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "facteur"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "postmon"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "brivtreger",
"sense": "post office employee",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "בריווטרעגער"
}
],
"word": "mailman"
}
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