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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
postman
    n 1: a man who delivers the mail [syn: mailman, postman,
         mail carrier, letter carrier, carrier]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Postman \Post"man\, n.; pl. Postmen.
   1. A post or courier; a letter carrier.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Eng. Law) One of the two most experienced barristers in
      the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions; --
      so called from the place where he sits. The other of the
      two is called the tubman. --Whishaw.
      [1913 Webster]
3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
POSTMAN, Eng. law. A barrister in the court of exchequer, who has precedence 
in: motions.
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