1. a person employed by an express company to deliver packages and parcels
Usage: chiefly historical or North American; often used in the 19th and early 20th centuries

Examples

• The expressman arrived at the door with a package from the city.
• In the Old West, the expressman carried valuable goods across dangerous territory.
• The expressman worked for the railroad company, delivering urgent shipments.
• She hired an expressman to transport the documents overnight.
• The expressman's route covered three counties.