postwoman

postwoman

English

Etymology

post +‎ woman

Noun

postwoman (plural postwomen)

1. (rare) A female letter carrier, a woman who delivers mail.

Synonyms

• mailwoman

Hypernyms

• letter carrier
• postal worker

Coordinate terms

• mailman
• postman

Translations

woman who delivers the post or mail

Basque: postari (eu) Danish: postbud (da) n, brevbærer c Esperanto: poŝtistino, leterportistino, leteristino French: factrice (fr) f German: Postfrau f, Postbotin (de) f, Briefträgerin (de) f, Briefzustellerin f, Zustellerin (de) f Italian: postina (it) f Latvian: pastniece

Norwegian: Bokmål: (kvinnelig (no)) postbud (no) n Romanian: poștăriță (ro) f, factoriță (ro) f Russian: почтальо́нша (ru) f (počtalʹónša) Swedish: brevbärare (sv) c Volapük: (♂♀) penediblinan (vo), (♂) penedihiblinan, (♀) penedijiblinan