noun
- a woman who delivers mail to homes and businesses
Usage: chiefly British; the gender-neutral term 'mail carrier' or 'postal worker' is more common in modern U.S. English
Examples
- The postwoman arrived at our door with a package this morning.
- My neighbor works as a postwoman for the local postal service.
- The postwoman sorted through the mail before making her rounds.
- Every day the postwoman delivers letters to hundreds of addresses in our neighborhood.