"paquebot" meaning in English

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Adjective

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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|paquebot||mailboat}} French paquebot (“mailboat”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} paquebot (not comparable)
  1. Relating to mail posted at sea. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-paquebot-en-adj-hCroD2pz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 40 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): History
Disambiguation of History: 0 0 0

Noun

Forms: paquebots [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|paquebot||mailboat}} French paquebot (“mailboat”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} paquebot (plural paquebots)
  1. a mailboat
    Sense id: en-paquebot-en-noun-lSMPjkAG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 40 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 48 34
  2. (postal history) 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. Categories (topical): Philately, Watercraft
    Sense id: en-paquebot-en-noun-irLSPbJ2 Disambiguation of Philately: 18 26 56 Disambiguation of Watercraft: 25 28 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 40 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): History
Disambiguation of History: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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