postmaster
/ˈpoʊstˌmæstɚ/
postmaster noun: the head of a post office.
Noun
postmaster (plural postmasters)
- The head of a post office.
- With that, Elvin Mercado became the postmaster of Manhattan, ruling the mails from the palatial James A. Farley Post Office on Eighth Avenue.2014 May 14, Andy Newman, “New York Today: Meet Your Postmaster”, in The New York Times
- The administrator of an electronic mail system.
- A kind of scholar at Merton College, Oxford; portionist.
- One who has charge of a station for the accommodation of travellers; one who supplies post horses.
postmaster meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
postmaster in Hindi
- पोस्टमास्टर
postmaster in Tamil
- தபாலதிபர்
postmaster in Marathi
- पोस्टमास्टर, पोस्टमॅस्टर
postmaster in Urdu
- پوسٹ ماسٹر, پوسٹماسٹر
More languagesFewer languages
- postmaster in Bengali
- ডাকঘরের প্রধান কর্মকর্তা, পোস্টমাস্টার
- postmaster in Telugu
- పోస్ట్ మాస్టర్, పోస్ట్మాస్టర్
- postmaster in Malayalam
- പോസ്റ്റ് മാസ്റ്റർ, പോസ്റ്റ്മാസ്റ്റർ
- postmaster in Kannada
- ಪೋಸ್ಟ್ಮಾಸ್ಟರ್, ಪೋಸ್ಟ್ ಮಾಸ್ಟರ್
- postmaster in Punjabi
- ਪੋਸਟਮਾਸਟਰ
- postmaster in Gujarati
- પોસ્ટમાસ્ટર
- postmaster in Odia
- ପୋଷ୍ଟମାଷ୍ଟର, ପୋଷ୍ଟମାସ୍ଟର୍, ପୋଷ୍ଟମାଷ୍ଟର୍
- postmaster in Nepali
- पोस्टमास्टर
Forms of postmaster
| plural | postmasters |
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Origin of postmaster
From post + master.
Words formed from postmaster
Phrases with postmaster
Questions about postmaster
- What does postmaster mean?
- Postmaster means the head of a post office.
- What is postmaster in Hindi?
- Postmaster in Hindi is पोस्टमास्टर. See Postmaster meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is postmaster?
- Postmaster is a noun.
- How do you pronounce postmaster?
- Postmaster is pronounced /ˈpoʊstˌmæstɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of postmaster?
- The plural of postmaster is postmasters.
Words near postmaster in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: postmaster (page history and authors); postmaster (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); postmaster (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); postmaster (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); postmaster (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); postmaster (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); postmaster (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); postmaster (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); postmaster (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); postmaster (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); postmaster (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); postmaster (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); postmaster (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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