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A post or courier; a letter carrier.

of letters to be mailed or delivered. -- Letter carrier, a person who carries letters; a postman; specif., an officer of the post office who carries letters to the persons to whom they are addressed, and collects letters to be mailed. -- Letter cutter, one who engraves letters or letter punches. -- Letter lock, a lo…

ent to carry letters and parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter carrier; a postman. In certain places there be always fresh posts, to carry that further which is brought unto them by the other. Abp. Abbot. I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, Receiving them from such a worthless post. Shak.…

aversed; also, the act of traversing a circuit; as, a watchman's round; the rounds of the postman.

One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer. Cf. Postman, 2.