Definition of Postie

1. Noun. (''British colloquial'') Postman. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Postie

1. a letter carrier [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Postie

posthumous executions
posthumously
posthumousness
posthurricane
posthypnotic
posthypnotic amnesia
posthypnotic suggestion
posthypnotic suggestions
postic
postical
postiche
postiches
posticous
postictal
postideological
postie (current term)
posties
postil
postilion
postilions
postilla
postillation
postillations
postillator
postillators
postilled
postiller
postillers
postillion
postillions

Literary usage of Postie

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"... signes you shall see, For dead men, through my postie, Shall rise from death to life. Nowe will I torne all through my thoughts ..."

2. Report by Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Board of Agriculture, State Board of Agriculture (1913)
"Ewe 2 years old or over—First, R. & W. postie ; Second, Interlaken Farms ; Third ... Ewe 1 year and under 2—First, Interlaken Farms ; Second, R. & W. postie ..."

3. A Supplement to Dodsley's Old Plays by Thomas Amyot, Robert Dodsley (1853)
"For south then after will I dye, And rise againe through my postie, ... To rayse them up through my postie, And all through my owne accorde I Wheither I in ..."

4. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle (1883)
"postie ' and she came at four o'clock one morning, and washed up all the ... postie had also helped to beat the carpets, considering that Eaves' was rather ..."

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