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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 which mail is held at a post office to be collected by the recipient

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

[French : poste, mail + restante, feminine present participle of rester, to remain.]

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From French

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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