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POSTMASTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does postmaster mean?
• POSTMASTER (noun)
The noun POSTMASTER has 1 sense:
1. the person in charge of a post office
Familiarity information: POSTMASTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The person in charge of a post office
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("postmaster" is a kind of...):
master (directs the work of others)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "postmaster"):
postmistress (a woman postmaster)
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