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mailer

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪlə/ / /ˈmeɪlɚ/

name

Etymology: * As an English surname for an enameler, via Middle English from Old French esmal. Compare Ambler. * As a Welsh surname, variant of Meylor, from the personal name Meilyr, of Brythonic origin, corresponding to mael (“prince”) + rhi (“king”).

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *malhō Frankish *malhabor. Medieval Latin malader. Anglo-Norman malebor. ▲ Old French malebor. Middle English male English mail Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English mailer From mail + -er.

  1. One who sends mail.

    Large and frequent mailers may send material on a monthly basis to their house lists, test acquisitions several times a year to drum up new donors, and perhaps do a few special appeals on top of that.

  2. A computer program that sends electronic mail.
  3. A packet or container designed for postal use.

    The cassette came in a brown paper mailer.

  4. A mailshot; advertising sent by mail.

    Lasky Co., Newark (N. J.) printer, has been using a direct-mail campaign slanted toward this problem. Latest mailer, an oversized post card, has on the address side a colorful drawing of a bird perched on top of a sign post.

    Do they recall your latest mailer? Did you ever sell an armoire through ads on hard-rock radio? Find out with low-cost "intercept" surveys of customers as they leave the store.