"postrider" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From post + rider.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "text": "Six persons were chosen as post-riders, to give due notice to the country towns of any attempt to land the tea by force",
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        "One who rides over a postroad to carry the mails."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "postroad",
          "postroad"
        ],
        [
          "mail",
          "mail"
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        {
          "word": "post rider"
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        {
          "word": "post-rider"
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  "word": "postrider"
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