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postmaster
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun postmaster has 1 sense
- postmaster(n = noun.person) Array - the person in charge of a post office; Array is a kind of master
has particulars: postmistress
CIDE DICTIONARY
postmaster, n.
- One who has charge of a station for the accommodation of travelers; one who supplies post horses. [1913 Webster]
- One who has charge of a post office, and the distribution and forwarding of mails. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
postmaster, n. a man in charge of a post office.
Idiom
postmaster general the head of a country's postal service.
Usage
The office was abolished in the UK in 1969.
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