Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Postman \Post"man\, n.; pl. {Postmen}.
   1. A post or courier; a letter carrier.

   2. (Eng. Law) One of the two most experienced barristers in
      the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions; --
      so called from the place where he sits. The other of the
      two is called the tubman. --Whishaw.