postriderとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• post rider

語源

post +‎ rider

名詞

postrider (複数形 postriders)

1. One who rides over a postroad to carry the mails.
   • 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.

     Six persons were chosen as post-riders, to give due notice to the country towns of any attempt to land the tea by force

Further reading

• Post riders on Wikipedia.

参照

• postrider in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

アナグラム

• portsider, preditors