| 单词 | postwoman |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspostwoman postwoman n. a woman employed as a post; (later) spec. one who collects and delivers mail sent through the post office; cf. postman n.1 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 1683 in W. M. Myddelton Chirk Castle Accts. (1931) II. 7 Mar. 167 Dorothy Evans, the postwoman [paid] for 60li of biskett, makaroones, and naples for the funerall. 1754 W. Shenstone Let. 6 July in Wks. III. 245 Post-woman waits for me, ‘multa gemens’. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 14 Jan. 8/1 A rural postwoman whose beat is from Longniddry to Seton Castle. 1993 Independent 22 Jan. 2/8 An armed gang posed as policemen to ambush a postwoman driving a Royal Mail van on the A339 near Kingsclere in Hampshire. < as lemmas |
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