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telepost

telepost noun: a message of up to 100 words transmitted by telegraph at the post office.

Noun

telepost (plural teleposts)

  1. (historical) A message of up to 100 words transmitted by telegraph at the post office.
    • […] sending telegrams of 50 words, teleposts of 100 words, and teletapes of 200 words for 25 cents, […]1860, John Alexander Anderson, A Postal Telegraph Essential to the Freedom of the American Press and the Prosperity of the American People
    • It is only by the utilization of the full facilities of a wire that a telepost service can be established. Cheap rates are impossible at nine words a minute.1908, Telegraph Age, volume 25, page 201

Forms of telepost

pluralteleposts

Origin of telepost

From tele- + post.

Questions about telepost

What does telepost mean?
Telepost means a message of up to 100 words transmitted by telegraph at the post office.
What part of speech is telepost?
Telepost is a noun.
What is the plural of telepost?
The plural of telepost is teleposts.

Words near telepost in the dictionary

  1. teleporter
  2. teleporters
  3. teleporting
  4. teleportitis
  5. teleports
  6. telepost
  7. teleposts
  8. telepractice
  9. telepractices
  10. telepractitioner
  11. telepractitioners

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