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postmistress

postmistress noun: a female postmaster.

Noun

postmistress (plural postmistresses)

  1. A female postmaster

Forms of postmistress

pluralpostmistresses

Origin of postmistress

From post + mistress.

Words formed from postmistress

Questions about postmistress

What does postmistress mean?
Postmistress means a female postmaster.
What part of speech is postmistress?
Postmistress is a noun.
What is the plural of postmistress?
The plural of postmistress is postmistresses.

Words near postmistress in the dictionary

  1. postminimal
  2. postminimalism
  3. postminimalist
  4. postminimalists
  5. postmining
  6. postmistress
  7. postmistresses
  8. postmitochondrial
  9. postmitotic
  10. postmitotically
  11. postmix

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