expressman

English

Etymology

From express +‎ -man.

Noun

expressman (plural expressmen)

1. (dated or historical, US) A courier, especially by train or stagecoach
   • 1938, Heluiz Chandler Washburne, Little Elephant's Christmas:

     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.

See also

• expressman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “expressman”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.