postwoman

English

Etymology

post +‎ woman

Noun

postwoman (plural postwomen)

(rare) A female letter carrier, a woman who delivers mail.

Synonyms

mailwoman

Hypernyms

letter carrier
postal worker

Coordinate terms

Translations

woman who delivers the post or mail

Basque: postari (eu)
Danish: postbud (da) n, brevbærer c
Esperanto: poŝtistino, leterportistino, leteristino
French: factrice (fr) f
German: Postfrau f, Postbotin (de) f, Briefträgerin (de) f, Briefzustellerin f, Zustellerin (de) f
Italian: postina (it) f
Latvian: pastniece

Norwegian:
Bokmål: (kvinnelig) postbud (no) n
Romanian: poștăriță (ro) f, factoriță (ro) f
Russian: почтальо́нша (ru) f (počtalʹónša)
Swedish: brevbärare (sv) c
Volapük: (♂♀) penediblinan (vo), (♂) penedihiblinan, (♀) penedijiblinan

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