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postiller

postiller noun: a writer of notes in the margin of a book.

Noun

postiller (plural postillers)

  1. (archaic) A writer of notes in the margin of a book.
    • It hath been averred by many holy writers, commonly delivered by postillers and commentators1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
  2. (archaic) A preacher.

Forms of postiller

pluralpostillers
alternative formpostiler

Origin of postiller

From postil + -er.

Questions about postiller

What does postiller mean?
Postiller means a writer of notes in the margin of a book.
What part of speech is postiller?
Postiller is a noun.
What is the plural of postiller?
The plural of postiller is postillers.

Words near postiller in the dictionary

  1. postillation
  2. postillations
  3. postillator
  4. postillators
  5. postilled
  6. postiller
  7. postillers
  8. postilling
  9. postillion
  10. postillions
  11. postillumination

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