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Definition of Poste restante
1. Noun. The part of a post office that handles mail for persons who call for it.
Exact synonyms: General Delivery
Group relationships: Local Post Office, Post Office
Generic synonyms: Social Unit, Unit
Group relationships: Local Post Office, Post Office
Generic synonyms: Social Unit, Unit
2. Noun. A notation written on mail that is to be held at the post office until called for (not in the United States or Canada).
Definition of Poste restante
1. Noun. A postal service in which mail is held at a post office to be collected by the recipient ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poste Restante
Literary usage of Poste restante
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in British Columbia: With the Narrative of a Yacht Voyage Round by Charles Edward Barrett-Lennard (1862)
"... Inferno —Misunderstanding between the Shipwrecked Crew and the Indians—Dress
of an Indian Woman—The Use of Paint— Primitive Poste-Restante—Captain Cook. ..."
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