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Definition of Postmaster general
1. Noun. The official in charge of the national postal service.
Definition of Postmaster general
1. Noun. a postmaster responsible for an entire mail distribution organization (usually sponsored by a national government) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Postmaster General
Literary usage of Postmaster general
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. 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 ..."
4. 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 ..."
5. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"They abo recommended that it should be left to the discretion of the
postmaster-general, with the consent of the treasury, to make special ..."
6. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1850)
"And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the postmaster general to
make provision, where it may be necessary, for the receipt of all letters ..."
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