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post house

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noun

a house or inn keeping post horses.

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Nearby words

post factum, post hoc, post hoc, ergo propter hoc, post horn, post horse, post house, post meridiem, post mill, post oak, post obitum, post office

Origin of post house

First recorded in 1625–35
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British Dictionary definitions for post house

post house

noun

(formerly) a house or inn where horses were kept for postriders or for hire to travellers
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