"postie" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpəʊsti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-postie.wav [Southern-England] Forms: posties [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊsti Etymology: post + -ie Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|post|ie}} post + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} postie (plural posties)
  1. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Diminutive of postman, postwoman. Tags: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, colloquial, diminutive, form-of Form of: postman, postwoman
    Sense id: en-postie-en-noun-A9aGN9Hl Categories (other): Australian English, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English
  2. (Canada, rare, colloquial) Diminutive of postal worker. Tags: Canada, colloquial, diminutive, form-of, rare Form of: postal worker
    Sense id: en-postie-en-noun-DdxSk1dH Categories (other): Canadian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mailman [US, standard], postman [Australian, British, Canadian, New-Zealand], letter carrier, posto [Australia, colloquial, slang]

Inflected forms

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