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<p>A mail carrier, also referred to as a mailman, mailwoman, mailperson, postal carrier, postman, postwoman, postperson, person of post, letter carrier , or colloquially postie (in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom), is an employee of a <a href="/facts/Post_office/f8jr8z0E">post office</a> or postal service who delivers <a href="/facts/Mail/qF0nv7t9">mail</a> and <a href="/facts/Parcel_post/r9Fu9FzD">parcel post</a> to residences and businesses. The term "mail carrier" came to be used as a gender-neutral substitute for "mailman" soon after women began performing the job. In the <a href="/facts/Royal_Mail/URvAGkDT">Royal Mail</a>, the official name changed from "letter carrier" to "postman" in 1883, and "postwoman" has also been used for many years. </p>