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单词 postrider
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postrider

[ pohst-rahy-der ]
/ ˈpoʊstˌraɪ dər /

noun

(formerly) a person who rode post; a mounted mail carrier.

Origin of postrider

First recorded in 1695–1705; post3 + rider

Words nearby postrider

post race, post-racial, post-Reformation, postremogeniture, post-Revolutionary, postrider, post road, post-rock, postrorse, postscript, postseason
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Example sentences from the Web for postrider

  • Now the postrider was to the people of Revolutionary days what the telegraph or the telephone is to us today.

    Caesar Rodney's Ride|Henry Fisk Carlton
  • Write him a letter—send it by the postrider—urge upon him the enormous importance of his getting here by tomorrow morning.

    Caesar Rodney's Ride|Henry Fisk Carlton
  • Yes, yes, it's Rodney—Rodney and the postrider—they're coming!

    Caesar Rodney's Ride|Henry Fisk Carlton

British Dictionary definitions for postrider

postrider
/ (ˈpəʊstˌraɪdə) /

noun

(formerly) a person who delivered post on horseback
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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