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postie en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈpəʊsti/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin pōnō Latin posita Italian postader. Middle French postebor. English post English -ie English postie From post + -ie.

Meanings

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, diminutive, form-of) Diminutive of postman or postwoman.
   form of postman
   form of postwoman
   • Did the postie come this morning?
   • Thank you, postie.
2. (Canada, colloquial, diminutive, form-of, rare) Diminutive of postal worker.
   form of postal worker

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Synonyms

letter carrier · mailman · posto · postman

postie en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈpəʊsti/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin postlbor. English post Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English postie From post + -ie.

Meanings

1. (Internet) A post-leftist (an adherent of post-left anarchism).
   • There's the "armchair" critique, which borrows from the "lifestyle anarchist" angle. Basically that posties just spend their time writing essays and polemics and don't do any praxis. This is just a generalization which can often turn out to be false if you step away from the sphere of internet anarchism and actually get to know some posties in person. 2022 April 11, “what are some common anarchist communist critiques of post left anarchism?”, in r/Anarchy101 (Reddit post), archived from the original on 06 Jun 2026:

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