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postboys

postboys is the plural of postboy.

Meaning of postboy

Noun

postboy (plural postboys)

  1. (historical) A male postilion.
    • It is fitting that the vest should convey athleticism, since it was born as a warm but not constraining garment for postboys on horseback in 19th-century England (hence the high armhole and traditional wool front).2008 January 10, David Colman, “Ditching the Suit, the Vest Struts Its Stuff”, in New York Times
  2. A boy who carries letters from the post.

Questions about postboys

What is postboys the plural of?
Postboys is the plural of postboy.

Words near postboys in the dictionary

  1. postbourgeois
  2. postbox
  3. postboxes
  4. postboxing
  5. postboy
  6. postboys
  7. postbrachial
  8. postbrachytherapy
  9. postbranchial
  10. postbreak
  11. postbreakfast

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