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postmastership

postmastership noun: the office or position of postmaster.

Noun

postmastership (countable and uncountable, plural postmasterships)

  1. The office or position of postmaster.
    • In the meantime I had sold my country newspaper, had resigned a postmastership, and had but a weekly newspaper in Omaha devoted to the antileague cause.1930, United States Congressional Serial Set, page 1082

Forms of postmastership

pluralpostmasterships

Origin of postmastership

From postmaster + -ship.

Questions about postmastership

What does postmastership mean?
Postmastership means the office or position of postmaster.
What part of speech is postmastership?
Postmastership is a noun.
What is the plural of postmastership?
The plural of postmastership is postmasterships.

Words near postmastership in the dictionary

  1. postmaster
  2. postmaster general
  3. Postmaster Generals
  4. postmasters
  5. postmasters general
  6. postmastership
  7. postmasterships
  8. postmastoid
  9. postmatch
  10. postmaterial
  11. postmaterialism

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