vaguemestre
French, noun/vaɡ.mɛstʁ/
vaguemestre is spelled V-A-G-U-E-M-E-S-T-R-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written French, the 209,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vaguemestre is a French masculine noun meaning “letter corporal, military postman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Officier qui était chargé du soin des équipages militaires”.
What does vaguemestre mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicmasculinewagonmaster
- 2
masculineletter corporal, military postman
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Officier qui était chargé du soin des équipages militaires. 2. Sous-officier chargé du service de la poste dans un régiment ou dans un établissement militaire. 3. Dans un hôpital, ou un établissement pénitentiaire, fonctionnaire chargé du service postal (envoi et réception du courrier). 4. Employé chargé du service postal.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vaguemestre
- vaguemestres plural
- vague-mestre dated
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vaguemestre?
- /vaɡ.mɛstʁ/
- \vaɡ.mɛstʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vaguemestre in French?
vaguemestre appears about once in every 44 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).