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footposts

footposts is the plural of footpost.

Meaning of footpost

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

Questions about footposts

What is footposts the plural of?
Footposts is the plural of footpost.

Words near footposts in the dictionary

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

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