单词 | delivery officer |
释义 | > as lemmasdelivery officer delivery officer n. an officer or official responsible for making deliveries, esp. a postman or postwoman. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > person or vehicle that carries letters or mail > [noun] > person letter bearera1400 breveterc1440 post1507 letter carrier1552 post boy1588 ordinary1592 packet carrier1606 postie1611 woman-posta1616 postwoman1683 letterman1707 postman1758 packeteer1784 letter boy1794 carrier1798 delivery officer1839 post-girl1850 mailman1881 packeter1893 postlady1975 1839 Era 22 Sept. 618/4 Why, the delivery-officer, who has brandies under his charge to the amount of a million of money, enjoys a salary of sixty-five pounds a year! 1932 Instr. Recruiting Officers U.S. Navy ix. 46 The proper procedure in these cases is for the substation to instruct the delivery officer to deliver his prisoner to the main station. 1953 Daily Tel. 15 July The words ‘here's the postman’ unfailingly arouse pleasurable excitement in the household. It was therefore distressing to receive a letter from a local Head Post Office referring to him as the ‘delivery officer’. 2012 @rozhughes 25 July in twitter.com (accessed 16 Jan. 2019) Apparently postmen aren't postmen anymore. They are delivery officers. Delivery officer Pat and his black & white cat isn't the same. < as lemmas |
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