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last post

noun

See under post2 (def. 7).

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Words nearby last post

lastly, last mile, last minute, last name, last out, last post, last quarter, last resort, last rites, last straw, Last Supper
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British Dictionary definitions for last post

last post

noun (in the British military services)

a bugle call that orders men to retire for sleep
a similar call sounded at military funerals
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