postien.
/ˈpəʊsti/, U.S. /ˈpoʊsti/, Australian English /ˈpoʊsti/, New Zealand English /ˈpʌusti/ colloquial (chiefly British, Australian, and New Zealand).
A postman or postwoman. Also used as a title or form of address.
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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
1611 Brechin Test. II. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue f. 182 Alexander Aittin alias Poistie in Bonytoun.
1871 S. S. Jones Northumberland 84/1 Tom Buglehorn, the postie,..when he cam wi' the letters.
1892 G. Stewart Shetland Fireside Tales (ed. 2) 227 I mind when I saw ‘Posty’ come, My heart began ta beat.
1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin ix. 163 The marine postman..was delayed... ‘'Ere, posty!’ shouted some one, ‘got my Dispatch?’
1939 F. Thompson Lark Rise vi. 106 There was one postal delivery a day, and towards ten o'clock, the heads of the women..would be turned..to watch for ‘Old Postie’.
1962 Coast to Coast 1961–2 73 They had a long run on outdoor workers at one stage, and it was often a cop or a postie.
1993 Empire Aug. 63 (advt.) Poor old postie, eh, lugging that great heavy sack up and down the street every day.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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