post-officern.

Brit.

/ˈpəʊstɒfᵻsə/, U.S.

/ˈpoʊstˌɔfəsər/,

/ˈpoʊstˌɑfəsər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: post n.³, officer n.

Etymology: < post n.³ + officer n. Compare earlier post office n., and also postman n.¹, postmaster n.¹

Now rare.

An officer or official of the post.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > official of the post

postmaster1513

post-officer1669

postmistress1697

1669 London Gaz. No. 406/4 The Post-Officers which were sent from hence into France to confer with Monsieur de Louvoy the French Postmaster,..are this day returned.

1738–9 King in Swift's Lett. (1768) IV. 223 Whether those post-officers really thought me..a man of importance.

1843 Sel. Comm. Postage §2834 It was supposed that a post-officer could not pass a letter containing two coins without discovering it.

1899 Living Age 29 Apr. 308/2 The weather warning is thus printed by the same movement which the post officer has to make in order to stamp the letters.

2004 Statesman (India) (Nexis) 24 Sept. The branch post officer had fled away with a huge amount of money, which had been deposited by the poor people of the area under the National Saving Scheme.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	post-officer
释义	post-officern. Brit. /ˈpəʊstɒfᵻsə/, U.S. /ˈpoʊstˌɔfəsər/, /ˈpoʊstˌɑfəsər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: post n.³, officer n. Etymology: < post n.³ + officer n. Compare earlier post office n., and also postman n.¹, postmaster n.¹ Now rare. An officer or official of the post. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > official of the post postmaster1513 post-officer1669 postmistress1697 1669 London Gaz. No. 406/4 The Post-Officers which were sent from hence into France to confer with Monsieur de Louvoy the French Postmaster,..are this day returned. 1738–9 King in Swift's Lett. (1768) IV. 223 Whether those post-officers really thought me..a man of importance. 1843 Sel. Comm. Postage §2834 It was supposed that a post-officer could not pass a letter containing two coins without discovering it. 1899 Living Age 29 Apr. 308/2 The weather warning is thus printed by the same movement which the post officer has to make in order to stamp the letters. 2004 Statesman (India) (Nexis) 24 Sept. The branch post officer had fled away with a huge amount of money, which had been deposited by the poor people of the area under the National Saving Scheme. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1669
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