postiller

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noun

A writer of notes in the margin of a book.

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Meanings

nounpostiller (plural postillers)

plural postillers · alternative postiler

  1. archaicA writer of notes in the margin of a book.

    It hath been averred by many holy writers, commonly delivered by postillers and commentators

    1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
  2. archaicA preacher.

Origin

From postil + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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