"mailman" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmeɪl.mæn [General-American], ˈmeɪl.mən/ [General-American] Forms: mailmen [plural]
Etymology: From mail + man. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|mail|man}} mail + man Head templates: {{en-noun|mailmen}} mailman (plural mailmen)
  1. (Canada, US) someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes Wikipedia link: mailman Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Occupations, People, Post Synonyms: letter carrier, mail carrier, mailperson, postal carrier, postie, postman, postperson Hyponyms: mailwoman, mail lady, postwoman, post lady Translations (post office employee): postier [masculine] (Albanian), سَاعِيّ بَرِيد (sāʕiyy barīd) [masculine] (Arabic), بسطجي (busṭagi) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), فاكتور (faktūr) [Moroccan-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), փոստարար (pʻostarar) (Armenian), yamçı (Azerbaijani), çapar (Azerbaijani), qasid (Azerbaijani), kağızpaylayan (Azerbaijani), poçtalyon (Azerbaijani), postari (Basque), паштальён (paštalʹjón) [masculine] (Belarusian), пашта́р (paštár) [masculine] (Belarusian), পিয়ন (piẏon) (Bengali), пощальо́н (poštaljón) [masculine] (Bulgarian), စာပို့လုလင် (capui.lu.lang) (Burmese), carter [masculine] (Catalan), 郵差 (Chinese Cantonese), 邮差 (jau⁴ caai¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 信差 (seon³ caai¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 郵遞員 (Chinese Mandarin), 邮递员 (yóudìyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 郵差 (Chinese Mandarin), 邮差 (yóuchāi) (Chinese Mandarin), кэлинлейвыльын (Chukchi), pošťák [masculine] (Czech), listonoš [masculine] (Czech), postbud [common-gender] (Danish), postbode [masculine] (Dutch), brievenbesteller [masculine] (Dutch), postbesteller (Dutch), poŝtisto (Esperanto), leterportisto (Esperanto), kirjakandja (Estonian), postimees (Estonian), postinjakaja (Finnish), postinkantaja (Finnish), postimies (Finnish), facteur [masculine] (French), ფოსტალიონი (posṭalioni) (Georgian), Briefträger (english: usual) [masculine] (German), Postbote [masculine] (German), Postzusteller [bureaucratese, masculine] [officialese, government] (German), ταχυδρόμος (tachydrómos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), דוור (Hebrew), דַּוָּר (davár) [masculine] (Hebrew), postás (Hungarian), bréfberi [masculine] (Icelandic), póstmaður [masculine] (Icelandic), letro-portisto (Ido), postimees (Ingrian), poštaljona (Ingrian), postinkantaja (Ingrian), postino [masculine] (Italian), 郵便集配人 (yūbin shūhainin) (alt: ゆうびんしゅうはいにん) (Japanese), 郵便配達人 (yūbin haitatsunin) (alt: ゆうびんはいたつにん) (Japanese), 郵便配達員 (yūbin haitatsuin) (alt: ゆうびんはいたついん) (Japanese), пошташы (poştaşy) (Kazakh), 우편집배원 (upyeonjipbaewon) (alt: 郵便集配員) (Korean), почтачы (poctacı) (Kyrgyz), почточу (poctocu) (Kyrgyz), почтальон (poctalon) (Kyrgyz), ຄົນສົ່ງຈົດໝາຍ (khon song chot māi) (Lao), tabellārius [masculine] (Latin), pastnieks [masculine] (Latvian), paštininkas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Bréifdréier [masculine] (Luxembourgish), Bréifdréiesch [feminine] (Luxembourgish), поштар (poštar) [masculine] (Macedonian), besteler (Malay), opas pos (Malay), penghantar pos (Malay), posmen (Malay), tukang pos (Malay), بستيلر [Jawi] (Malay), اوڤس ڤوس [Jawi] (Malay), ڤڠهانتر ڤوس [Jawi] (Malay), ڤوسمين [Jawi] (Malay), توکڠ ڤوس [Jawi] (Malay), kaiamo mēra (Maori), portaléttere (Neapolitan), porteux d'lettres [masculine] (Norman), postmann [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), پوستهجی (postacı) (Ottoman Turkish), پستچی (postči) (Persian), Postmaun [masculine] (Plautdietsch), Postbe'aumta [masculine] (Plautdietsch), listonosz [masculine] (Polish), listonoszka [feminine] (Polish), listowy (note: Greater Poland dialect) [masculine] (Polish), carteiro [masculine] (Portuguese), poștaș [masculine] (Romanian), poștar [rare] (Romanian), factor [masculine] (Romanian), factor poștal [masculine] (Romanian), почтальо́н (počtalʹón) [masculine] (Russian), почтальо́нша (počtalʹónša) [feminine] (Russian), письмоно́сец (pisʹmonósec) [masculine] (Russian), posta [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), по̏шта̄р [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), листо̀ноша [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), писмо̀ноша [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pȍštār [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), listònoša [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pismònoša [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), briftryjger [masculine] (Silesian), poštár [masculine] (Slovak), poštar [masculine] (Slovene), cartero [masculine] (Spanish), brifiman (Sranan Tongo), brevbärare [common-gender] (Swedish), tagahatid-sulat (Tagalog), kartero (Tagalog), хаткашон (xatkašon) (Tajik), அஞ்சல் காரர் (añcal kārar) (Tamil), บุรุษไปรษณีย์ (bù-rùt-bprai-sà-nii) (Thai), postacı (Turkish), листоно́ша (lystonóša) [masculine] (Ukrainian), пошта́р (poštár) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ڈاکیہ (ḍākiyah) [masculine] (Urdu), ڈاکیا (ḍākiyā) [masculine] (Urdu), pochtachi (Uzbek), pochtalyon (Uzbek), pochtalʻon (Uzbek), người đưa thư (Vietnamese), bưu tá (Vietnamese), penediblinan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), penedihiblinan [masculine] (Volapük), penedijiblinan [feminine] (Volapük), messaedjî (english: old) [masculine] (Walloon), facteur [masculine] (Walloon), postmon [masculine] (Welsh), בריווטרעגער (brivtreger) [masculine] (Yiddish)
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          "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": "pʻostarar",
          "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",
          "english": "usual",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "post office employee",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Briefträger"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "post office employee",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Postbote"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "post office employee",
          "tags": [
            "bureaucratese",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "topics": [
            "officialese",
            "government"
          ],
          "word": "Postzusteller"
        },
        {
          "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"
        },
        {
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          "sense": "post office employee",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "code": "yi",
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          "sense": "post office employee",
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      "word": "فاكتور"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
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      "sense": "post office employee",
      "word": "փոստարար"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "post office employee",
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      "sense": "post office employee",
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      "sense": "post office employee",
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      "sense": "post office employee",
      "word": "kağızpaylayan"
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      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "post office employee",
      "word": "poçtalyon"
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      "sense": "post office employee",
      "word": "postari"
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      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "piẏon",
      "sense": "post office employee",
      "word": "পিয়ন"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "poštaljón",
      "sense": "post office employee",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "post office employee",
      "word": "စာပို့လုလင်"
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "carter"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "sense": "post office employee",
      "word": "郵差"
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      "word": "邮差"
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      "word": "信差"
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      "sense": "post office employee",
      "word": "郵遞員"
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      "sense": "post office employee",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "post office employee",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "poŝtisto"
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "post office employee",
      "word": "kirjakandja"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
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      "word": "postimees"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "post office employee",
      "word": "postinjakaja"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "post office employee",
      "word": "postinkantaja"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "post office employee",
      "word": "postimies"
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      "sense": "post office employee",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "facteur"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "posṭalioni",
      "sense": "post office employee",
      "word": "ფოსტალიონი"
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      "code": "de",
      "english": "usual",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "post office employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Briefträger"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "post office employee",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Postbote"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "post office employee",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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        "government"
      ],
      "word": "Postzusteller"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tachydrómos",
      "sense": "post office employee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ταχυδρόμος"
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "post office employee",
      "word": "דוור"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "davár",
      "sense": "post office employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "דַּוָּר"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "post office employee",
      "word": "postás"
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      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "post office employee",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "bréfberi"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "post office employee",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "póstmaður"
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      "code": "io",
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      "word": "letro-portisto"
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      "code": "izh",
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      "sense": "post office employee",
      "word": "postimees"
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      "code": "izh",
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      "sense": "post office employee",
      "word": "poštaljona"
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      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "post office employee",
      "word": "postinkantaja"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "post office employee",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "postino"
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      "alt": "ゆうびんしゅうはいにん",
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      "sense": "post office employee",
      "word": "郵便集配人"
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      "alt": "ゆうびんはいたつにん",
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      "alt": "ゆうびんはいたついん",
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      "code": "kk",
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      "word": "пошташы"
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      "alt": "郵便集配員",
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      "sense": "post office employee",
      "word": "우편집배원"
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      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
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      "sense": "post office employee",
      "word": "почтачы"
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      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
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      "sense": "post office employee",
      "word": "почточу"
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      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "poctalon",
      "sense": "post office employee",
      "word": "почтальон"
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    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "khon song chot māi",
      "sense": "post office employee",
      "word": "ຄົນສົ່ງຈົດໝາຍ"
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      "sense": "post office employee",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "post office employee",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "pastnieks"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "post office employee",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "paštininkas"
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      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "post office employee",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Bréifdréier"
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      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "post office employee",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Bréifdréiesch"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "poštar",
      "sense": "post office employee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "поштар"
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    {
      "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"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "post office employee",
      "word": "posmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "post office employee",
      "word": "tukang pos"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "post office employee",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "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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