Postern Synonyms

pō'stərn, pŏs'tərn

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Synonyms for Postern

back
Of or for a time in the past
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hind
Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).
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hindmost
Superlative form of hind: most hind
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posterior
The definition of posterior is later, following, after or at the rear.
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rear
Of, at, or in the rear
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after
Subsequent in time or place; later; following:
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Words Related to Postern

precede
Located in the rear
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town-wall
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gate-house
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postern-gate
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Postern Sentence Examples

  • There is also a postern gate on the north side of the wall, and at its eastern extremity are two apertures in the thickness of the wall.

  • It is approached in a very circuitous way, either by a passage (Xaupn) leading from a side door in the main propylaeum or by another long passage which winds round the back cf the chief hall, and so leads by a long flight of steps, cut in the rock, to the little postern door in the semicircular bastion.

  • As to Ludgate there is reason to believe that if there was an opening there in Roman times it was merely a postern.

  • This postern was remarkably strong, having gates of oak, iron doors, and a heavy portcullis.

  • The guards conferred for a moment before one disappeared from the ramparts and emerged a few moments later at a small postern.

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