POST HORSE meaning: Horse used for delivering mail - OneLook

Usually means: Horse used for delivering mail.

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post-horse: Merriam-Webster
post horse: Collins English Dictionary
post-horse, post horse: Vocabulary.com
post-horse, post horse: Wordnik
post horse: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
post horse: Infoplease Dictionary
Post horse, post horse: Dictionary.com
post horse: Rhymezone
post-horse: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
post-horse, post horse: FreeDictionary.org
post-horse, post horse: Mnemonic Dictionary
post-horse, post horse: TheFreeDictionary.com
post-horse: Dictionary.com
post horse: Wiktionary

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post-horse, post horse: Encyclopedia

(Note: See post_horses as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Post horse)

▸ noun: Alternative spelling of posthorse [A horse ridden by a postrider to carry mail.]

Similar:

poster, post-horse, post boy, horse rider, post-horn, postchaise, post-chaise, posthorn, postbox, horse car, more...

Opposite:

ante horse, fore horse, lead horse

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Similar:

poster, post-horse, post boy, horse rider, post-horn, postchaise, post-chaise, posthorn, postbox, horse car, more...

Opposite:

ante horse, fore horse, lead horse

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