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poste restante
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun poste restante has 2 senses
- poste restante(n = noun.group) general delivery - the part of a post office that handles mail for persons who call for it; Array is a part of local post office, post office
- poste restante(n = noun.communication) Array - a notation written on mail that is to be held at the post office until called for (not in the United States or Canada); Array is a kind of annotation, notation, note
is a kind of social unit, unit
OXFORD DICTIONARY
poste restante, n.
1 a direction on a letter to indicate that it should be kept at a specified post office until collected by the addressee.
2 the department in a post office where such letters are kept.
1 a direction on a letter to indicate that it should be kept at a specified post office until collected by the addressee.
2 the department in a post office where such letters are kept.
Etymology
F, = letter(s) remaining
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