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footpost

footpost noun: a bedpost at the foot of a bed.

Noun

footpost (plural footposts)

  1. A bedpost at the foot of a bed.
  2. (historical) A messenger who travels on foot.
    • […] at which place, between six and seven in the morning, it was shouldered by the Framley footpost messenger, and in due course delivered at the Framley Parsonage […]1860, Anthony Trollope, Framley Parsonage

Forms of footpost

pluralfootposts

Origin of footpost

From foot + post.

Questions about footpost

What does footpost mean?
Footpost means a bedpost at the foot of a bed.
What part of speech is footpost?
Footpost is a noun.
What is the plural of footpost?
The plural of footpost is footposts.

Words near footpost in the dictionary

  1. footplows
  2. footpoint
  3. footpoints
  4. footpole
  5. footpoles
  6. footpost
  7. footposts
  8. footpound
  9. footpounds
  10. footprint
  11. footprinted

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