postrider
/ˈpoʊstˌraɪdər/
noun
- A person who rides a horse to deliver mail or messages along a route, especially in historical postal systems.
- The postrider carried letters from Boston to New York in the 1700s.
- A postrider would change horses at stations along the route to keep moving quickly.
- Postriders faced dangerous roads and bad weather to deliver the mail.