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star route definition

☆ star route

a route between one city or town and another over which mail is transported by a private carrier under contract

Etymology: such routes are marked with a star, or asterisk, in postal records

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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