adj
Meaning 1
Relating to mail posted at sea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a paquebot letter
- a paquebot duplex
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paquebot
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noun
Meaning 2
a mailboat
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
a 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: postal history
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History
Etymology
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.