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postrider

noun

Etymology

From post + rider.

  1. derived from *reudan✻
  2. derived from rēodan — “to clear out”
  3. compounded as postrider — “post + rider”

Definitions

  1. One who rides over a postroad to carry the mails.

    • Six persons were chosen as post-riders, to give due notice to the country towns of any attempt to land the tea by force

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA