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Definition of Postmaster
1. Noun. The person in charge of a post office.
Definition of Postmaster
1. n. One who has charge of a station for the accommodation of travelers; one who supplies post horses.
Definition of Postmaster
1. Noun. the head of a post office ¹
2. Noun. the administrator of an electronic mail system ¹
3. Noun. (British) A kind of scholar at Merton College, Oxford; portionist. ¹
4. Noun. (archaic) One who has charge of a station for the accommodation of travellers; one who supplies post horses. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Postmaster
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Postmaster
Literary usage of Postmaster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"If such power were possessed by the postmaster General, he would, ... Congress has
not granted to the postmaster General power to deny the right of pending ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1838)
"S., with the postmaster general of the United States, out of which certain
allowances and credits were made in favour of S. & S., by that officer; ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"[04] With the answer of the postmaster-General are presented as exhibits two
opinions of Attorney-General Brewster, given in response to requests of the ..."
4. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1895)
"He was recalled to be made postmaster-general under President Grant in August of
1874. ... As postmaster-general Mr. Jewell's administration was eminently ..."
5. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1908)
"Bushmills Sab postmaster. CAPTAIN CRAIG (Down, E.): I bg te ask the postmaster-General
if his attention has been called to the action taken by the ..."
6. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1850)
"And be it further enacted, That, if any postmaster, or other person authorized
to receive the postage of letters and packets, shall neglect or refuse to ..."
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