Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for POS-TE'RI-OR
POS-TE'RI-OR, a. [from L. posterus, from post, after; Fr. posterieur.]
- Later or subsequent in time. Hesiod was posterior to Homer. – Broome.
- Later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after. [Unfrequent.]
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