mail-carrier

See also: mail carrier

English

Noun

mail-carrier (plural mail-carriers)

1. Alternative form of mail carrier.
   • 1792 January, Philanthropos [pseudonym], “From the Maryland Journal. On the proposed TAX on NEWSPAPERS.”, in National Gazette, volume I, number 29, published 6 February 1792, page 116, column 3:

     But, have not the mail-carriers carried the printers’ papers, for theſe ſeven years paſt, without aſking one ſhilling more for ſo doing?

   • 1951, Minnie Braithwaite Jenkins, ““Teacher—Yes””, in Girl from Williamsburg, Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, Incorporated, part III (At Old Fort Mohave), page 259:

     At Needles, I found the tall mail-carrier at the depot looking for me.

   • 2019 September 25, The Canadian Press, “Trudeau, Scheer exchange fire in climate fight”, in Red Deer Advocate, page 29, column 4:

     Post offices would host electric-vehicle charging stations, for instance, and mail-carriers could be asked to check in on vulnerable residents along their routes.