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expressman

noun

Etymology

From express + -man.

  1. derived from expressus
  2. borrowed from exprès
  3. suffixed as expressman — “express + man”

Definitions

  1. A courier, especially by train or stagecoach

    • Many times each day the bell in the kitchen went ting-a-ling-a-ling and Little Elephant rushed to the door to see who was there. Sometimes it was the expressman who drove up in a truck and dumped a big box or two.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA