star route
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star route — ☆ star route n. [such routes are marked with a star, or asterisk, in postal records] a route between one city or town and another over which mail is transported by a private carrier under contract … English World dictionary
star route — (obsolete) Informal designation for a highway contract route based on the former practice of marking contract routes with asterisks on dispatch schedules … Glossary of postal terms
star route — noun Etymology: so called from the star asterisk used to designate such routes in postal publications : a mail delivery route in a rural or thinly populated area served by a private carrier under contract who takes mail from one post office to… … Useful english dictionary
star route — noun Etymology: from the asterisk used to designate such routes in postal publications Date: 1876 a mail delivery route in a rural or thinly populated area served by a private carrier under contract who takes mail from one post office to another… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Star routes — is a term used in connection with the United States postal service and the contracting of mail delivery services. The term is defunct as of 1970, but still is occasionally used to refer to Highway Contract Routes or (HCRs) which replaced the Star … Wikipedia
star — n. & v. n. 1 a celestial body appearing as a luminous point in the night sky. 2 (in full fixed star) such a body so far from the earth as to appear motionless (cf. PLANET, COMET). 3 a large naturally luminous gaseous body such as the sun is. 4 a… … Useful english dictionary
star carrier — noun : a mail carrier on a star route … Useful english dictionary
Route de la gloire — Auteur Robert A. Heinlein Genre Science fiction Fantasy Version originale Titre original Glory Road Éditeur original G. P. Putnam s Sons Langue originale … Wikipédia en Français
Star Fox: Super Weekend — Star Wing Star Wing Éditeur Nintendo Développeur … Wikipédia en Français
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic — Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic Éditeur LucasArts Développeur … Wikipédia en Français
