"postwoman" meaning in English

See postwoman in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: postwomen [plural]
Etymology: From post + woman. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|post|woman}} post + woman Head templates: {{en-noun|postwomen}} postwoman (plural postwomen)
  1. (rare) A female letter carrier, a woman who delivers mail. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Occupations, People, Post Synonyms: mailwoman, mail lady, post lady Hypernyms: mail carrier, letter carrier, postal carrier, postal worker, mailperson, postperson Translations (woman who delivers the post or mail): postari (Basque), postbud [neuter] (Danish), brevbærer [common-gender] (Danish), poŝtistino (Esperanto), leterportistino (Esperanto), leteristino (Esperanto), factrice [feminine] (French), Postfrau [feminine] (German), Postbotin [feminine] (German), Briefträgerin [feminine] (German), Briefzustellerin [feminine] (German), Zustellerin [feminine] (German), póstkona [feminine] (Icelandic), postina [feminine] (Italian), pastniece (Latvian), (kvinnelig) postbud [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), listonoszka [feminine] (Polish), poștăriță [feminine] (Romanian), factoriță [feminine] (Romanian), почтальо́нша (počtalʹónša) [feminine] (Russian), brevbärare [common-gender] (Swedish), penedijiblinan [feminine] (Volapük)

Inflected forms

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        "A female letter carrier, a woman who delivers mail."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "mail carrier"
        },
        {
          "word": "letter carrier"
        },
        {
          "word": "postal carrier"
        },
        {
          "word": "postal worker"
        },
        {
          "word": "mailperson"
        },
        {
          "word": "postperson"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-postwoman-en-noun-4ZCdTdR4",
      "links": [
        [
          "letter carrier",
          "letter carrier"
        ],
        [
          "deliver",
          "deliver"
        ],
        [
          "mail",
          "mail"
        ]
      ],
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        "(rare) A female letter carrier, a woman who delivers mail."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mailwoman"
        },
        {
          "word": "mail lady"
        },
        {
          "word": "post lady"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
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        {
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
          "word": "postari"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "postbud"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "brevbærer"
        },
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
          "word": "poŝtistino"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
          "word": "leterportistino"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
          "word": "leteristino"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "factrice"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Postfrau"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Postbotin"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Briefträgerin"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Briefzustellerin"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Zustellerin"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "póstkona"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "postina"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
          "word": "pastniece"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "(kvinnelig) postbud"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "listonoszka"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "poștăriță"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "factoriță"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "počtalʹónša",
          "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "почтальо́нша"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "brevbärare"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "penedijiblinan"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "postwoman"
}
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    }
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      "word": "mail carrier"
    },
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      "word": "letter carrier"
    },
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      "word": "postal carrier"
    },
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      "word": "postal worker"
    },
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      "word": "mailperson"
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      "word": "postperson"
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          "mail",
          "mail"
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        "(rare) A female letter carrier, a woman who delivers mail."
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    {
      "word": "mailwoman"
    },
    {
      "word": "mail lady"
    },
    {
      "word": "post lady"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
      "word": "postari"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "postbud"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "brevbærer"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
      "word": "poŝtistino"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
      "word": "leterportistino"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
      "word": "leteristino"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "factrice"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Postfrau"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Postbotin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Briefträgerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Briefzustellerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zustellerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "póstkona"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "postina"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
      "word": "pastniece"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "(kvinnelig) postbud"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "listonoszka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poștăriță"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "factoriță"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "počtalʹónša",
      "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "почтальо́нша"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "brevbärare"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "woman who delivers the post or mail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "penedijiblinan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "postwoman"
}

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