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maître de poste Cdn French, Obs. 
in colonial Lower Canada, a person in charge of a road station, often an inn, on a public road. See quote.
- 1832 . . . the maitre de poste is obliged to keep a certain number of horses, caleches, and cabrioles, ready at all hours of the night or day, for the accomodation of travellers.
- 1832 . . . the maitre de poste is obliged to keep a certain number of horses, caleches, and cabrioles, ready at all hours of the night or day, for the accomodation of travellers.