footpost

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noun

A bedpost at the foot of a bed.

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Meanings

nounfootpost (plural footposts)

plural footposts

  1. A bedpost at the foot of a bed.
  2. historicalA messenger who travels on foot.

    […] at which place, between six and seven in the morning, it was shouldered by the Framley footpost messenger, and in due course delivered at the Framley Parsonage […]

    1860, Anthony Trollope, Framley Parsonage

Origin

From foot + post.

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APA

footpost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footpost

MLA

“footpost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footpost. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “footpost,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footpost.

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