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POST-HORSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does post-horse mean?
• POST-HORSE (noun)
The noun POST-HORSE has 1 sense:
1. a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers
Familiarity information: POST-HORSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
post-horse; post horse; poster
Hypernyms ("post-horse" is a kind of...):
Equus caballus; horse (solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times)
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