paquebot

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noun

a mailboat

“a paquebot letter”

OriginFrench paquebot →
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Meanings

nounpaquebot (plural paquebots)

plural paquebots

  1. a mailboat
  2. postal historya postal marking or cancellation stamped on mail posted at sea or in a harbour for processing by the postal authorities at the next port of call. Mail so marked in one country will often carry the stamps of another country.
adjectivepaquebot (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to mail posted at sea.

    a paquebot letter

    1 more example

    a paquebot duplex

Origin

  1. Frenchpaquebot“mailboat”
  2. Englishpaquebot

Borrowed from French paquebot (“mailboat”). First used in Great Britain in 1894, the term was adopted for general use by the Universal Postal Union in 1897.

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APA

paquebot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paquebot

MLA

“paquebot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paquebot. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paquebot,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paquebot.

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