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[Noun] | "pos*tern" | \ ˈpō-stərn \
1: a back door or gate
2: a private or side entrance or way
Origin: 14th century ;
Middle English posterne, from Anglo-French, alteration of Old French posterle, from Late Latin posterula, diminutive of postera back door, from Latin, feminine of posterus;
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[Noun] | "posterns"
1: as in portcullises, trapdoors;
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# 1 - { postern:2126456 }
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[ "postern" ]
1: an entrance that no one really knows about, an un recognised entrance
* e.g., ... The cops came in the front so we cheesed it out the postern.
# 2 - { posternity:7089255 }
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[ "posternity" ]
1: A combination of posterity and eternity. It really does go on forever and ever and ever.
* e.g., ... Travis: "I've come up with an idea for the ages"
Steve: "It'll go down in posternity"
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[ "postern" ]
1: a former employee made redundant by an organisation who is now doing work for free for that organisation, usually in the hope of being rehired when the economy improves.
* e.g., ... She's trying to find a new direction, but in the mean time, she's effectively an IBM postern, still trying to direct sales leads towards her old employer.
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