general post office


General Post Office

n 1. (Historical Terms) (in Britain until 1969) the department of the central government that provided postal and telephone services 2. (Communications & Information) the main post office in a locality

gen′eral post′ of`fice


n. (in the U.S. postal system) the main post office of a city, county, etc., that also has branch post offices. Abbr.: G.P.O., GPO [1650–60]
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