noun
Meaning 1
The head of a post office.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
postmaster
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈpoʊstˌmæstɚ/
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CMU ARPABET: P OW1 S T M AE2 S T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: P OW1 S M AE2 S T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The administrator of an electronic mail system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
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noun
Meaning 3
A kind of scholar at Merton College, Oxford; portionist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
Meaning 4
One who has charge of a station for the accommodation of travellers; one who supplies post horses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 5
the person in charge of a post office
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: master
Narrower terms: postmistress
History
Etymology
From post + master.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: началник поща (načalnik pošta) — head of a post office
- Finnish: postitoimiston johtaja — head of a post office
- Finnish: postitoimiston päällikkö — head of a post office
- Finnish: postipäällikkö — head of a post office
- Finnish: postimestari — head of a post office
- Manx: mainshtyr post — head of a post office
- Plautdietsch: Postmeista — head of a post office
- Romanian: diriginte de poștă — head of a post office
- Russian: нача́льник почто́вого учрежде́ния (načálʹnik počtóvovo učreždénija) — head of a post office
- Russian: почтме́йстер (počtméjster) — head of a post office
Real reading context