postcommunion, n.f., (c.rel.) post-communion.
postdate, n.f., (l.u.) postdate.
postdater, v.a., to postdate.
poste, n.m., post; guard-house, station; station-house; place, employment; (nav.) berth; station (of a ship). — de chirurgiens; surgeons’ berth. — des malades; cockpit. — de combat; quarters. — d’un vaisseau; station of a ship in a fleet. Être à — fixe dans un lieu; to be stationed in a place, to reside on the spot; (fig.) to be a fixture. Être à son —; to be at one’s post.
poste, n.f., post, post-house; post-stage; post-office; mail; buck-shot. Aller en —; to travel post. Courir, or aller, la —; to ride or travel post; to go post-haste, very fast. Chevaux de —; post-horses. — aux chevaux; post-house. — aux lettres; letter-post, pillar post. Bureau de —; post-office. — pour —; by return of post. Maître de —; postmaster. Relais de —; post-stage. — restante; till called for. Directeur des —s; postmaster general. Grande —; General Post-office. Petite —; district post-office; receiving house.
posté, -e, part., placed, stationed.
postel, n.m., teasel, kind of thistle (used in cloth manufactories).
poster, v.a., to station, to place, to post.
postérieur, -e, adj., posterior, subsequent, later; future.
postérieur, n.m., posteriors.