post

1. post (noun) — sense 1

Definition: Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility for relaying letters and dispatches of the monarch (and later others) along the route.

2. post (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.

Example: a stage or railway post

3. post (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.

Example: September 6th.—The English mail of the 10th of July arrived to-day, and while Mr. Hart was at the Foreign Office engaged on business with Wan-se-ang and Hang-Ki, he received his Shang-hai letters, one of which contained the news of the recapture by the Imperial forces of the cities of Woo-tu and Nan-ching, two important rebel posts.

4. post (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.

Example: Beyond Cologne we descended to the plain of Holland; and we resolved to post the remainder of our way […].

5. post (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To travel quickly; to hurry.

Example: Post speedily to my lord your husband.

6. post (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.

Example: Mail items posted before 7.00pm within the Central Business District and before 5.00pm outside the Central Business District will be delivered the next working day.

7. post (adv) — sense 7

Definition: With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express, with speed, quickly.

Example: His highness comes post from Marseilles,

8. post (adv) — sense 8

Definition: Sent via the postal service.