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Webster 1913 Edition


Postboy

Post′boyˊ

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Noun.
1.
One who rides post horses; a position; a courier.
2.
A boy who carries letters from the post.

Webster 1828 Edition


Postboy

POSTBOY

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Noun.
A boy that rides as post; a courier.

Definition 2024


postboy

postboy

English

Noun

postboy (plural postboys)

  1. (historical) A male postilion.
    • 2008 January 10, David Colman, “Ditching the Suit, the Vest Struts Its Stuff”, in New York Times:
      It is fitting that the vest should convey athleticism, since it was born as a warm but not constraining garment for postboys on horseback in 19th-century England (hence the high armhole and traditional wool front).
  2. A boy who carries letters from the post.