postmaster
pronunciation
How to pronounce postmaster in British English:
UK [ˈpəʊstmɑ:stə(r)]
How to pronounce postmaster in American English:
US [ˈpoʊstmæstər]
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- Noun:
- the person in charge of a post office
Word Origin
- postmaster (n.)
- 1510s, from post (n.3) + master (n.).
Example
- 1. A famous 19th-century postmaster fended off adresse with anschrift and kuvert ( envelope ) with umschlag .
- 2. Add the postmaster e-mail address to an existing mailbox .
- 3. And , it wasn 't accepting abuse and postmaster addresses .
- 4. As a young man , he was a storekeeper and postmaster .
- 5. He is the postmaster of this region .