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MAILER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A container for something to be mailed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("mailer" is a kind of...):
container (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mailer"):
airmailer (a mailer for airmail)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An advertisement that is sent by mail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("mailer" is a kind of...):
ad; advert; advertisement; advertising; advertizement; advertizing (a public promotion of some product or service)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A person who mails something
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mailer" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
mail (cause to be directed or transmitted to another place)
mail (send via the postal service)
Sense 4
Meaning:
United States writer (born in 1923)
Synonyms:
Mailer; Norman Mailer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
