mail clerk noun3 •a person who does clerical work in a post office. •a person who handles mail for a business or other establishment. •a person who sorts mail in a mail car on a train.Flange-stacked and cone-nosed, a Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis J-3 4-8-4 gives the mail clerks a look at the trim Alco as she leads the Dixie Limited out of Smyrna, Ga. — 1959 formsmail clerks