Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A notation written on a letter indicating that the letter should be held at the post office until claimed by the addressee.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In France and other countries of Europe and America, a department in a post-office where letters specially addressed are kept till the owners call for them.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
postal service in whichmail is held at apost office to becollected by therecipient
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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)
- noun the part of a post office that handles mail for persons who call for it
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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José’s husband then planned to post his share of the money addressed to himself, poste restante, at his local post office.
Lace Shirley Conran 1982
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José’s husband then planned to post his share of the money addressed to himself, poste restante, at his local post office.
Lace Shirley Conran 1982
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José’s husband then planned to post his share of the money addressed to himself, poste restante, at his local post office.
Lace Shirley Conran 1982
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José’s husband then planned to post his share of the money addressed to himself, poste restante, at his local post office.
Lace Shirley Conran 1982
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José’s husband then planned to post his share of the money addressed to himself, poste restante, at his local post office.
Lace Shirley Conran 1982
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José’s husband then planned to post his share of the money addressed to himself, poste restante, at his local post office.
Lace Shirley Conran 1982
niels commented on the word poste restante
- Free poste restante facility (a facility of the Atlanta Hotel Bangkok)
March 22, 2007