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Building in Adelaide, South Australia
William Street and Victoria Square in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. It is the former General Post Office for South Australia. Postal services operated
General_Post_Office,_Adelaide
Heritage building in Perth, Western Australia
The General Post Office is a heritage landmark building in Perth, Western Australia. Located on the western side of Forrest Place in the city's central
General_Post_Office,_Perth
Historic site in South Australia, Australia
North Adelaide Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 166 Tynte Street, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. It was added to the Australian
North_Adelaide_Post_Office
Topics referred to by the same term
Adelaide General Post Office, Brisbane General Post Office, Hobart General Post Office, Launceston General Post Office, Melbourne General Post Office
General Post Office (disambiguation)
General_Post_Office_(disambiguation)
Historic post office building in Melbourne, Victoria
The General Post Office, situated on the corner of Elizabeth and Bourke streets in Melbourne, is the former General Post Office for Victoria, Australia
General Post Office, Melbourne
General_Post_Office,_Melbourne
Heritage-listed post office in Brisbane, Queensland
The General Post Office (GPO) in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, is a heritage-listed postal and telegraph office located at 261 Queen Street. Originally
General_Post_Office,_Brisbane
Eatery in Adelaide, Australia
eatery which operated in Adelaide outside the General Post Office, Adelaide on Franklin Street close to Victoria Square. Adelaide's pie carts consisted of
Cowley's_pie_cart
Historic building in Sydney, Australia
The General Post Office (abbreviation GPO, commonly known as the Sydney GPO) is a heritage-listed landmark building located in Martin Place, Sydney, New
General_Post_Office,_Sydney
Square in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
square is opposite the General Post Office building on the Queen Street side, and ANZAC Square on the Adelaide Street side. Post Office Square was opened in
Post_Office_Square,_Brisbane
Historic post office in Manhattan, New York
A. Farley Building (formerly Pennsylvania Terminal and the U.S. General Post Office) is a mixed-use structure in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, which
James_A._Farley_Building
Heritage listed building in Tasmania, Australia
General Post Office (abbreviation GPO, commonly known as the Hobart GPO) is a landmark building located on the corner of Elizabeth Street and Macquarie
General_Post_Office,_Hobart
as Adelaide's most expensive suburb for house prices". The Advertiser. Adelaide. Retrieved 10 September 2012. Distance from the General Post Office, Adelaide
List_of_Adelaide_suburbs
Newspaper in South Australia
Gawler Place, Adelaide and his partner Joseph Elliott (c. 1833–1883), previously of the South Australian Register's general printing office, and later owner
The_Illustrated_Adelaide_Post
Post office in Sydney, Australia
Paddington Post Office (postcode: 2021) is a heritage-listed post office located at 246 Oxford Street in Paddington, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. The post office
Paddington_Post_Office
Heritage-listed building in Tasmania
Launceston Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 68-72 Cameron Street, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. It was designed by William Waters Eldridge
General Post Office, Launceston
General_Post_Office,_Launceston
Post office in New South Wales, Australia
The Annandale Post Office (postcode: 2038) is a post office located at 115–117 Booth Street, on the junction with Johnston Street, in Annandale, a suburb
Annandale_Post_Office
Post office building in Toodyay, Western Australia
The Toodyay Post Office and residence is located in Toodyay, Western Australia on the corner of Stirling Terrace and Duke Street North. It was designed
Toodyay_Post_Office
Building in Victoria, Australia
The Bendigo Post Office is a building on Pall Mall in Bendigo, a provincial city in the Australian state of Victoria. The post office backs onto and is
Bendigo_Post_Office
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
Junee Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 119 Lorne Street, Junee, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Designed by the Colonial
Junee_Post_Office
Historic commonwealth heritage site in New South Wales, Australia
The Orange Post Office is a heritage-listed post office located at 221 Summer Street, Orange, City of Orange, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed
Orange_Post_Office
Post office in Fremantle, Western Australia
The Fremantle Post Office located in Market Street, Fremantle was designed by Hillson Beasley of the Public Works Department, planned in 1906 and opened
Fremantle_Post_Office
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
Prospect Post Office is a heritage-listed former post office and shop at 23 Tarlington Place, Prospect, City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
Prospect_Post_Office
Heritage listed building in Albany, Western Australia
Albany Post Office is a heritage site of the former post office in Albany, Western Australia. The site was also a Customs office, a base station of the
Albany_Post_Office
Heritage-listed building, Newcastle, Australia
Newcastle Post Office is a heritage-listed former post office at 96 Hunter Street, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Walter Liberty
Newcastle_Post_Office
Holding service for mail
a passport. For example, for the Adelaide GPO (General Post Office, i.e. the main post office in the city of Adelaide) one would address a letter or parcel
Poste_restante
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
Forbes Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 118 Lachlan Street, Forbes, in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed
Forbes_Post_Office
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
The Wellington Post Office is a heritage-listed post office located at 21 Maughan Street, Wellington in the Dubbo Regional Council local government area
Wellington_Post_Office
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
Pyrmont Post Office is a heritage-listed former post office and now bank branch office located at 148 Harris Street, in the inner city Sydney suburb of
Pyrmont_Post_Office
Former post office in Queensland, Australia
Toowoomba Post Office is a heritage-listed former post office at 136 Margaret Street, Toowoomba City, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia
Toowoomba_Post_Office
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
Goulburn Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 165 Auburn Street, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Colonial Architect
Goulburn_Post_Office
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
Broken Hill Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 258–260 Argent Street, Broken Hill, in the Far West of New South Wales, Australia. The original
Broken_Hill_Post_Office
Australian civil organization during World War II
service. Within a week three detachments had been formed: at the General Post Office, Adelaide, the South Australian Gas Company and in Unley. Dr. Russell
Voluntary_Service_Detachment
Post office in Queensland, Australia
Cloncurry Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 47 Scarr Street, Cloncurry, Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Queensland
Cloncurry_Post_Office
Historic post office in Manhattan, New York
The United States Post Office Cooper Station, located at 93 Fourth Avenue, on the corner of East 11th Street in Manhattan, New York City, was built in
United States Post Office (Cooper Station)
United_States_Post_Office_(Cooper_Station)
Historic site in Queensland, Australia
Woolloongaba Post Office is a heritage-listed former post office at 765 Stanley Street, Woolloongabba, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was
Woolloongabba_Post_Office
Historic site in Queensland, Australia
Childers Post Office is a heritage-listed former post office at Bruce Highway, Childers, Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Queensland
Childers_Post_Office
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
Kiama Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 24 Terralong Street, Kiama, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by the Colonial Architect's
Kiama_Post_Office
Heritage-listed building in Sydney, Australia
Haymarket Post Office is a heritage-listed former post office at 633–635 George Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by E. Henderson
Haymarket_Post_Office
Victoria Tower, Liverpool, England Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide, South Australia Adelaide General Post Office, Adelaide, South Australia Brisbane City Hall
List_of_clock_towers
Historic site in New South Wales
Hay Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 120 Lachlan Street, Hay, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by the Colonial Architect's Office
Hay_Post_Office
Capital city of South Australia
city in Australia. The name "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre; the demonym Adelaidean
Adelaide
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
Tumut Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 82–84 Wynyard Street, Tumut, New South Wales, Australia. It was added to the Australian Commonwealth
Tumut_Post_Office
Australian politician
resided for some time on the land that would later house the General Post Office, Adelaide. His father, William Packham, acquired the first flour mill
David_Packham
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
Byron Bay Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 61 Jonson Street, Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. It was added to the Australian Commonwealth
Byron_Bay_Post_Office
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
Kempsey Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at Belgrave Street, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by the Colonial Architect's
Kempsey_Post_Office
Public university in South Australia
Adelaide University (Kaurna: Tirkangkaku) is a public research university based in Adelaide, Australia. Founded in 2024 and officially opened on 29 January
Adelaide_University
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
The Tamworth Post Office is a State heritage-listed post office located on the corner of Fitzroy Street and Peel Street, Tamworth in the Tamworth Regional
Tamworth_Post_Office
Annual parade held in Adelaide, Australia
considered for merging. › The Adelaide Christmas Pageant is a parade held annually in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. Established in 1933, the event
Adelaide_Christmas_Pageant
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
Redfern Post Office is a heritage-listed former residence and now post office located at 113 Redfern Street in the inner western Sydney suburb of Redfern
Redfern_Post_Office
Australian politician (1872–1946)
Christian Brothers College, Adelaide, then worked as a weather clerk at the General Post Office, Adelaide, under the Postmaster General, Sir Charles Todd. According
Bill_Denny
completion, it overtook RAA Place, an office high-rise which had been the tallest building in Adelaide since 1988. Adelaide's skyline grew steadily from the
List of tallest buildings in Adelaide
List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Adelaide
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
Yass Post Office is a heritage-listed post office and residence at 101 Comur Street, Yass in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia
Yass_Post_Office
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
Old Wollongong East Post Office is a heritage-listed former post office, telegraph office and telephone exchange at 91 Crown Street, Wollongong, New South
Old Wollongong East Post Office
Old_Wollongong_East_Post_Office
Historic post office in Manhattan, New York
The United States Post Office Old Chelsea Station, originally known as "Station O", is a historic post office building located at 217 West 18th Street
United States Post Office (Old Chelsea Station)
United_States_Post_Office_(Old_Chelsea_Station)
Historic post office in Manhattan, New York
The United States Post Office Madison Square Station is a historic post office building located at 149 East 23rd Street between Lexington Avenue and Third
United States Post Office (Madison Square Station)
United_States_Post_Office_(Madison_Square_Station)
Historic post office in Manhattan, New York
The United States Post Office Knickerbocker Station, originally known as "Station B", is a historic post office building located on East Broadway in Manhattan
United States Post Office (Knickerbocker Station)
United_States_Post_Office_(Knickerbocker_Station)
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
Muswellbrook Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 7 Bridge Street, Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia. It was added to the Australian
Muswellbrook_Post_Office
Historic site in Queensland, Australia
Crows Nest Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 19 Curnow Street, Crows Nest, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1911
Crows_Nest_Post_Office
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
Inverell Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 97 Otho Street, Inverell, in the North West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia. It was
Inverell_Post_Office
Building in New South Wales, Australia
Old Mittagong Post Office is a heritage-listed former post office at 5 Station Street, Mittagong, Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It
Old_Mittagong_Post_Office
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
The North Sydney Post Office is a heritage-listed post office located at 92–94 Pacific Highway, North Sydney, North Sydney Council, New South Wales, Australia
North_Sydney_Post_Office
Historic site in Victoria, Australia
Kyneton Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 113 Mollison Street, Kyneton, Victoria, Australia. It was designed by Peter Kerr of the colonial
Kyneton_Post_Office
Historic site in Queensland, Australia
Rockhampton Post Office is a heritage-listed former post office at 80 East Street, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed
Rockhampton_Post_Office
Australian politician (1842–1894)
that office. He was Chief Secretary in the 2nd Playford ministry (19 August 1890 – 6 January 1892), when he left politics, sparking the East Adelaide by-election
John_Cox_Bray
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
Casino Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 102 Barker Street, Casino, in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed
Casino_Post_Office
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
Bourke Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 47 Oxley Street, Bourke, in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by the
Bourke_Post_Office
British military officer and colonial administrator (1786-1839)
first Surveyor-General of the new British Province of South Australia, known for choosing the site of the colony's capital, Adelaide, and for designing
William_Light
Historic site in Queensland, Australia
Gladstone Post Office was erected in 1932 as a purpose-designed post office for the Commonwealth Postmaster-General's Department, replacing earlier Post and
Gladstone_Post_Office
Historic post office in Manhattan, New York
The United States Post Office Inwood Station is a historic post office building located at 90 Vermilyea Avenue at the corner of West 204th Street in the
United States Post Office–Inwood Station
United_States_Post_Office–Inwood_Station
Australian politician (1931–2020)
was a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives seat of Adelaide from 1969 to 1987. He played a key role in the development of Australia's
Chris_Hurford
President of Haiti from 1908 to 1911
of the President Tirésias Simon Sam and was later promoted to general. It was as a general that he led a military revolt against President Pierre Nord Alexis
François_C._Antoine_Simon
Street in Adelaide, South Australia
location of the Adelaide General Post Office, Eynesbury Senior College, the Adelaide Central bus station, and various companies. Adelaide GPO Eynesbury
Franklin_Street,_Adelaide
Historic site in Queensland, Australia
Tallebudgera Post Office is a heritage-listed former post office at 17 Trees Road, Tallebudgera, Queensland, Australia. It was added to the Queensland
Tallebudgera_Post_Office
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
The Randwick Post Office is a heritage-listed former post office located at 124 Alison Road in the Sydney suburb of Randwick in the City of Randwick local
Randwick_Post_Office
Heritage-listed post office in Brisbane, Queensland
Fortitude Valley Post Office is a heritage-listed former post office at 740 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It
Fortitude_Valley_Post_Office
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
Cobar Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 47 Linsley Street, Cobar, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by James Barnet in 1885. It
Cobar_Post_Office
Historic site in Victoria, Australia
Hamilton Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 57 Gray Street, Hamilton, Victoria, Australia. It was designed by C. H. E. Blackman of the colonial
Hamilton_Post_Office
Australian advertising executive and politician
is an Adelaide-born senior advertising executive and was the Agent General for South Australia in London. He took the position of Agent General 2007 at
Bill_Muirhead
Historic post office in Manhattan, New York
The United States Post Office–Lenox Hill Station is located at 217 East 70th Street between Second and Third Avenues in the Lenox Hill neighborhood of
United States Post Office–Lenox Hill Station
United_States_Post_Office–Lenox_Hill_Station
Australian electrical engineer
established in a corner of the telegraph operating-room of the General Post Office, Adelaide. In 1884 he took charge of the Electrical Department. He became
Carl_Albert_Unbehaun
Historic site in Queensland, Australia
former post office and now heritage centre at 53 Victoria Street, Cardwell, Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. The Telegraph and Post Office at
Cardwell_Bush_Telegraph
Canadian politician
Cathedral Church of St. James and School, the York County Court House, and a post office. Later, with William George Storm, Cumberland designed other important
Frederick_William_Cumberland
Pedestrianised square in Perth, Western Australia
shops from the Forrest Chase shopping complex, while the historic General Post Office and Commonwealth Bank buildings are located to the west. The middle
Forrest_Place
Australian politician
ministerial office in the Fraser government as Minister for Construction (1975–1978) and Administrative Services (1978–1980). McLeay was born in Adelaide, the
John_McLeay_Jr.
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
Wingham Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at Wynter Street, Wingham, New South Wales, Australia. The original building was designed by the Colonial
Wingham_Post_Office
Historic site in Northern Territory, Australia
General Hospitals were based at Darwin; Nos. 101 and 121 at Katherine; No. 119 at Adelaide River and No. 65 Camp Hospital at Pine Creek. The Adelaide
Adelaide_River_War_Cemetery
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
Berrima Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at Argyle Street, Berrima, in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia. It was built in
Berrima_Post_Office
Street in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
in the 1927–1928 edition of the Queensland Post Office Directory. Notable buildings and parks along Adelaide Street include Brisbane City Hall, King George
Adelaide_Street,_Brisbane
Australian Army officer
Defence Technological Strategy (1982). Gower was born on 10 June 1940 in Adelaide, South Australia, to Allan Martin and Agnes Fanny Gower. Educated at Unley
Steve_Gower
Australian politician (1877–1959)
South Australia. Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Barwell was educated at St Peter's College and the University of Adelaide, graduating in law. Admitted
Henry_Barwell
Public square in the centre of Adelaide, South Australia
building (now a hotel run by the Adina hotel chain) and the former Adelaide General Post Office. On the eastern side is the Roman Catholic Cathedral Church of
Victoria_Square,_Adelaide
Unincorporated community in California, United States
Adelaida is 10 miles (16 km) west of Paso Robles. The community had a post office from 1877 to 1936. In the 1880s, the population of Adelaida was approximately
Adelaida,_California
Historic post office in Manhattan, New York
The United States Post Office Canal Street Station, originally known as "Station B", is a historic post office building located at 350 Canal Street at
United States Post Office (Canal Street Station)
United_States_Post_Office_(Canal_Street_Station)
Suburb of Adelaide, South Australia
contains many other heritage-listed buildings, including: North Adelaide Post Office "Sunnyside", at 229 Stanley Street, designed by owner-architect F
North_Adelaide
Parks in Adelaide, South Australia
City of Adelaide area (including both the Adelaide city centre and North Adelaide) from the surrounding suburbia of greater metropolitan Adelaide, the capital
Adelaide_Park_Lands
Town in Northern Territory, Australia
Adelaide River is a small but historically significant town located at the crossing of the Stuart Highway over the Adelaide River in the Northern Territory
Adelaide River, Northern Territory
Adelaide_River,_Northern_Territory
Theatre and entertainment precinct
Adelaide Festival Centre, Australia's first capital city multi-purpose arts centre and the home of South Australia's performing arts, was built in the
Adelaide_Festival_Centre
Scottish-Australian architect (1862–1945)
Parliament House, Canberra (1927), the Canberra Hotel (1922–25), the General Post Office, Perth (1923), Spencer Street Mail Exchange (1913) and the Former
John_Smith_Murdoch
Historic post office in Manhattan, New York
Register of Historic Places Registration: Church Street Station Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved
90_Church_Street
Heritage-listed post office in Australia
The Port Pirie Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 79–83 Ellen Street, Port Pirie, South Australia. It was designed by Edward Woods and built
Port_Pirie_Post_Office
GENERAL POST-OFFICE-ADELAIDE
GENERAL POST-OFFICE-ADELAIDE
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a medieval personal name, a short form of Philpott.English : topographic name for someone who lived by a depression in the ground, from Middle English pot ‘drinking or storage vessel’ used in this transferred sense, or a habitational name from one of the minor places deriving their name from this word, in the sense ‘pit’, ‘hole’.English and North German (Lower Rhine-Westphalia) : metonymic occupational name for a potter, from Middle English, Middle Low German pot ‘pot’. See also Potter.North German : topographic name for someone living on a low-lying plot, from Low German dialect pÅt ‘puddle’.
Female
English
English pet form of Latin Euphemia, EFFIE means "Well I speak."
Girl/Female
British, Christian, English
Small Flower
Female
Italian
Variant spelling of Italian Ginevra, probably GENEVRA means "race of women."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for the holder of any office, from Anglo-Norman French officer (an agent derivative of Old French office ‘duty’, ‘service’, Latin officium ‘service’, ‘task’).English : occupational name for a sewer of gold embroidery, from Anglo-Norman French orfroiser (an agent derivative of Old French orfrois, Late Latin auriphyrigium ‘Phrygian gold’--the Phrygians being famed in antiquity for their gold embroidery).
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Month in Hindu Calender
Female
Welsh
Medieval Welsh name, probably GENERYS means "white lady."Â
Boy/Male
Muslim
Friend
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for an innkeeper, from Middle English, Old French (h)oste ‘host’, ‘guest’.Danish (Høst) : nickname from høst ‘harvest’, ‘autumn’ (see Herbst).French : from Old French ost ‘army’, hence an occupational name for a soldier.Dutch : from the Germanic personal name Austa, meaning ‘east’.German : habitational name from either of two places called Host, near Koblenz and near Bitburg.
Boy/Male
Indian
Friend
Boy/Male
Australian, Danish, German, Hebrew, Latin, Swedish
May Jehovah Give Increase; Experienced in Battle
Female
English
 English name derived from the flower name which originally meant "a line of verse engraved on the inner surface of a ring," but later acquired the POSY means "bouquet, flower." Pet form of English Josephine, meaning "(God) shall add (another son)."Â
Female
English
Pet form of French Geneviève, probably GENEVA means "race of women."
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, French, and Catalan
English, Scottish, French, and Catalan : topographic name for
someone who lived near a bridge, Middle English, Old French, Catalan
pont (Latin pons, genitive pontis).Catalan : habitational name from any of the numerous places named
with Pont.Dutch : variant of
Pond 2.A Pont from the Lorraine region of France is documented in Quebec City in
1640; Pont appears to be a secondary surname to
Boy/Male
Arabic
Office; Dignity
Boy/Male
Hindu
Month in Hindu calendar
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Parsi
Friend; Sweetheart
Boy/Male
Hebrew Spanish
May Jehovah add/give increase.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English port ‘gateway’, ‘entrance’ (Old French porte, from Latin porta), hence a topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a fortified town or city, typically, the man in charge of them. Compare Porter 1.English : topographic name for someone who lived near a harbor or in a market town, from the homonymous Middle English port (Old English port ‘harbor’, ‘market town’, from Latin portus ‘harbor’, ‘haven’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French port, from the same source).German : topographic name for someone who lived near a (city) gate, from Middle Low German porte (modern German Pforte) (see sense 1).Jewish (from Lithuania and Belarus) : unexplained.
Male
Swiss
, sportive.
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GENERAL POST-OFFICE-ADELAIDE
n.
A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by authority and for a public purpose; a position of trust or authority; as, an executive or judical office; a municipal office.
n.
The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose place of business is in an office; as, I have notified the office.
a.
Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread; prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general opinion; a general custom.
a.
Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or method.
adv.
In general; commonly; extensively, though not universally; most frequently.
v. i.
Anything which is neither animal nor vegetable, as in the most general classification of things into three kingdoms (animal, vegetable, and mineral).
adv.
With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post.
v. t.
To perform, as the duties of an office; to discharge.
v. i.
To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste.
v. t.
To attach to a post, a wall, or other usual place of affixing public notices; to placard; as, to post a notice; to post playbills.
n.
The place where a particular kind of business or service for others is transacted; a house or apartment in which public officers and others transact business; as, the register's office; a lawyer's office.
a.
Consisting or pertaining to such a government; as, the Federal Constitution; a Federal officer.
n.
A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a stay or support to something else; a pillar; as, a hitching post; a fence post; the posts of a house.
n.
A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger.
n.
One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer.
n.
See under 4th Post.
v. t.
Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope; as, a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul.
n.
The chief officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a member of the cabinet.
v. t.
To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a letter.