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postrider

American

[pohst-rahy-der] / ˈpoʊstˌraɪ dər /

noun

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

postrider British

/ ˈpəʊstˌraɪdə /

noun

(formerly) a person who delivered post on horseback

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Etymology

Origin of postrider

First recorded in 1695–1705; post ³ + rider

Example Sentences

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Every few pages of his “crime story,” Sjon digresses to a new tale with new players, like a postrider burning through horses.

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2018

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

From Caesar Rodney's Ride by Zyve, Claire Turner

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