General Post Officen.

Brit.

/ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl ˌpəʊst ɒfɪs/,

/ˈdʒɛn(ə)rl̩ ˌpəʊst ɒfɪs/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl ˈpoʊst ˌɔfəs/,

/ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl ˈpoʊst ˌɑfəs/

Forms: see general adj. and n. and post office n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: general adj., post office n.

Etymology: < general adj. + post office n. Compare later general post n.

1. Originally and chiefly British. The central office established in London with responsibility for the collection and dispatch of mail; (in extended use) the department responsible for the mail service of the United Kingdom (also during the 20th cent. for telecommunications). Abbreviated G.P.O. Now historical.The G.P.O. as a department of state was abolished in 1969 and became the Post Office; in 2002 the latter adopted the name Royal Mail.

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society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > post office > head post office

General Post Office1657

society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > post office > head post office > in London

General Post Office1657

General Letter Office1660

GPO1764

1657 Acts & Ordin. Parl. c. 30 The erecting and setling of one general Post-office.

1660 Act 12 Chas. II c. 35 §1 Whereas for the..prevention of many Inconveniences happening by private Posts severall publique Post Offices have beene heretofore erected..To the end thereof that the same may be managed soe that speedy and safe dispatches may be had, which is most likely to be effected by erecting one Generall Post Office.

1666 London Gaz. No. 85/4 The general Post-office is for the present held at the two Black Pillars in Bridges-street.

1675 London Gaz. No. 1006/4 A Post will go every night..from the General Post-Office in London to Windsor.

1720 London Gaz. 16 Apr. General Post-Office, London, April 12, 1720..His Majesty's Attorney-General, having granted to Ralph Allen..a Farm of all the Bye-Way or Cross-Road Letters throughout England.

1795 Life John Metcalf 107 All letters, directed to Scotland, were at this time sent to London, to be examined at the General Post-Office.

1827 Times 20 Feb. 4/2 Messrs. J. Clifford and Josiah Smith, of the Post-office at York, proved sending the parcels from that office to the General Post-office in London.

1875 Times 29 Nov. 7/1 A gentleman from the General Post Office in London has been recently engaged to assist in the reorganization of Egyptian postal arrangements.

1898 Daily News 3 May 5/3 The General Post Office..is also carrying out experiments in wireless Hertzian telegraphy.

1914 Columbia Law Rev. 14 636 There was a special finding that plaintiff's letter was delivered into the general post-office in London.

1999 Irish Times (Nexis) 8 Jan. 64 It's been a long road from when he started his career as a clerical officer in the transport side of General Post Office in London in 1964.

2. The main post office in a town or city. Formerly also: †any post office which receives letters for transmission by the general post (obsolete).

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1708 London Gaz. No. 4451/3 The Post will go to and from the General Post-Office in London and Tunbridge every Day in the Week.

1711 Boston News-let. 16 Apr. 2/2 All persons that have any Letters to send for Great Britain or Ireland by the said Pacquet, are desired to bring them to the General Post-Office in Boston.

1825 A. Opie Illustr. Lying I. v. 125 He had reached a general postoffice.

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxii. 346 Sam not forgetting to drop his letter into a general post-office as they walked along.

1870 Appletons' Jrnl. 2 Apr. 382 A post-wagon takes them to the General Post-Office in the Rue Jean Jacques Rousseau.

1914 Univ. Pennsylvania Law Rev. & Amer. Law Reg. 62 438 A messenger was sent to a branch station to get a postal order and failing to get it there he went to the general post office..where he slipped on a banana skin and was injured.

1996 Daily Tel. 5 Apr. 29/2 The variegated crew who seized the General Post Office [in Dublin] in 1916 .

2004 Time Out N.Y. 16 Dec. 12/1 We display the letters addressed to Santa in the lobby of the Manhattan General Post Office.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	general post office
释义	General Post Officen. Brit. /ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl ˌpəʊst ɒfɪs/, /ˈdʒɛn(ə)rl̩ ˌpəʊst ɒfɪs/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl ˈpoʊst ˌɔfəs/, /ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl ˈpoʊst ˌɑfəs/ Forms: see general adj. and n. and post office n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: general adj., post office n. Etymology: < general adj. + post office n. Compare later general post n. 1. Originally and chiefly British. The central office established in London with responsibility for the collection and dispatch of mail; (in extended use) the department responsible for the mail service of the United Kingdom (also during the 20th cent. for telecommunications). Abbreviated G.P.O. Now historical.The G.P.O. as a department of state was abolished in 1969 and became the Post Office; in 2002 the latter adopted the name Royal Mail. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > post office > head post office General Post Office1657 society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > post office > head post office > in London General Post Office1657 General Letter Office1660 GPO1764 1657 Acts & Ordin. Parl. c. 30 The erecting and setling of one general Post-office. 1660 Act 12 Chas. II c. 35 §1 Whereas for the..prevention of many Inconveniences happening by private Posts severall publique Post Offices have beene heretofore erected..To the end thereof that the same may be managed soe that speedy and safe dispatches may be had, which is most likely to be effected by erecting one Generall Post Office. 1666 London Gaz. No. 85/4 The general Post-office is for the present held at the two Black Pillars in Bridges-street. 1675 London Gaz. No. 1006/4 A Post will go every night..from the General Post-Office in London to Windsor. 1720 London Gaz. 16 Apr. General Post-Office, London, April 12, 1720..His Majesty's Attorney-General, having granted to Ralph Allen..a Farm of all the Bye-Way or Cross-Road Letters throughout England. 1795 Life John Metcalf 107 All letters, directed to Scotland, were at this time sent to London, to be examined at the General Post-Office. 1827 Times 20 Feb. 4/2 Messrs. J. Clifford and Josiah Smith, of the Post-office at York, proved sending the parcels from that office to the General Post-office in London. 1875 Times 29 Nov. 7/1 A gentleman from the General Post Office in London has been recently engaged to assist in the reorganization of Egyptian postal arrangements. 1898 Daily News 3 May 5/3 The General Post Office..is also carrying out experiments in wireless Hertzian telegraphy. 1914 Columbia Law Rev. 14 636 There was a special finding that plaintiff's letter was delivered into the general post-office in London. 1999 Irish Times (Nexis) 8 Jan. 64 It's been a long road from when he started his career as a clerical officer in the transport side of General Post Office in London in 1964. 2. The main post office in a town or city. Formerly also: †any post office which receives letters for transmission by the general post (obsolete). ΚΠ 1708 London Gaz. No. 4451/3 The Post will go to and from the General Post-Office in London and Tunbridge every Day in the Week. 1711 Boston News-let. 16 Apr. 2/2 All persons that have any Letters to send for Great Britain or Ireland by the said Pacquet, are desired to bring them to the General Post-Office in Boston. 1825 A. Opie Illustr. Lying I. v. 125 He had reached a general postoffice. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxii. 346 Sam not forgetting to drop his letter into a general post-office as they walked along. 1870 Appletons' Jrnl. 2 Apr. 382 A post-wagon takes them to the General Post-Office in the Rue Jean Jacques Rousseau. 1914 Univ. Pennsylvania Law Rev. & Amer. Law Reg. 62 438 A messenger was sent to a branch station to get a postal order and failing to get it there he went to the general post office..where he slipped on a banana skin and was injured. 1996 Daily Tel. 5 Apr. 29/2 The variegated crew who seized the General Post Office [in Dublin] in 1916 . 2004 Time Out N.Y. 16 Dec. 12/1 We display the letters addressed to Santa in the lobby of the Manhattan General Post Office. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1657
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