postwoman

English

Etymology

From post +‎ woman.

Noun

postwoman (plural postwomen)

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

Synonyms

• mailwoman, mail lady, post lady

Antonyms

• mailman, postman

Hypernyms

• mail carrier, letter carrier, postal carrier, postal worker, mailperson, postperson

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 (de) f, Zustellerin (de) f
• Icelandic: póstkona f
• Italian: postina (it) f
• Latvian: pastniece
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: (kvinnelig (no)) postbud (no) n

• Polish: listonoszka (pl) f
• Romanian: poștăriță (ro) f, factoriță (ro) f
• Russian: почтальо́нша (ru) f (počtalʹónša)
• Swedish: brevbärare (sv) c
• Volapük: (♀) penedijiblinan