= post office, n.; cf. General Letter Office, n.
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释义 | society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > post office (12) letter office1635 = post office, n.; cf. General Letter Office, n. post-house1635 A post office. In later use chiefly historical or English regional (northern). Now rare. post office1659 A building or room where postal business is carried on; a branch of the Post Office. post hut1753 With the sense ‘belonging to a postal station or to a posting establishment’, as post hut, †post-shed, post-yard (now historical). post-shed1753 With the sense ‘belonging to a postal station or to a posting establishment’, as post hut, †post-shed, post-yard (now historical). P.O.1824 A post office; (also) the Post Office as a service or organization. station1845 North American. A subsidiary post office. Cf. postal station (b) at postal, adj. n.compounds. post1848 A national or regional organization for the collection, transportation, and delivery of letters, parcels, etc. (= post office, n. 1); the official… Subcategories:— head post office (4) |
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