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four-poster

[fawr-poh-ster, fohr-]

four·post·er

[fawr-poh-ster, fohr-]
noun
1.
a bed with four corner posts, as for supporting a canopy, curtains, etc.
2.
a four-masted sailing vessel.

Origin:
1815–25; four + post1 + -er1
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Four-poster is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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four-poster
 
n
Also called: four-poster bed a bed with posts at each corner supporting a canopy and curtains

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