postboy

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   historically, a boy or man who rode a post horse to guide a hired carriage; a postilion

   The postboy urged the lead horse up the muddy hill.

2. 2
   noun

   a boy employed to carry or deliver letters

   A postboy brought the packet from the neighboring town.

A compound of post, referring to the relay system for horses and mail, and boy. It named both a rider attached to horse-post transport and a young carrier of letters.

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