单词 | packeteer |
释义 | packeteern. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > journalist > [noun] > writer for periodicals packeteer1681 annualist1784 periodicalist1824 1681–2 T. Flatman Heraclitus Ridens (1713) II. 74 Jest...Let's hear somewhat of the Pacquetteer. Earn. He tells you in his last, p. 27. 2. Canadian. = packeter n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > person or vehicle that carries letters or mail > [noun] > person letter bearera1400 breveterc1440 post1507 letter carrier1552 post boy1588 ordinary1592 packet carrier1606 postie1611 woman-posta1616 postwoman1683 letterman1707 postman1758 packeteer1784 letter boy1794 carrier1798 delivery officer1839 post-girl1850 mailman1881 packeter1893 postlady1975 1784 J. Thomas in Publ. Hudson's Bay Rec. Soc. (1954) 17 27 Tradesmen at their separate employs, Hunters, Trappers, fishermen, and pacqueteers. 1943 Beaver Mar. 30/1 Mail packets were operated on a time-table, just as are mail flights by aeroplanes today. ‘Packeteers’ were never armed. 3. = packetarian n. ΚΠ 1922 Short Stories Feb. (early issue) 141/2 Au revoir, Joe Pichegru, you sun-smoked son of a packeteer! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1681 |
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