POST


Meaning of POST in English

I . Emily Post

(1873–1960)

a US expert on manners and correct social behaviour. Americans still use her best-known book, Etiquette (1922). Post also had a radio programme and wrote a regular newspaper column which was printed each day in more than 200 newspapers.

II . Wiley Post

(1899–1935)

a US pilot of early aircraft. He was the first person to fly around the world alone, in 1933. He died with his passenger, Will Rogers , when their plane crashed near Point Barrow, Alaska .

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.