postmaster
noun
the official in charge of a post office.
postmastership
-
a word derived from
postmaster.
Example Sentences
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One G. F. Flanders, G. O. Patronage man cr Georgia's Twelfth District, declared he could sell every postmastership, if he wanted to, which he didn't.
From Time Magazine Archive
Later, as Secretary of War, Robert Lincoln blocked Lamon's appointment to the postmastership of Denver.
From Time Magazine Archive
Actually, any debt that Ike owed Warren could have been paid by a third-class postmastership.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the end of the three years the postmastership at Rodchurch became vacant, and he boldly applied for the place.
From The Devil's Garden by W. B. Maxwell
He was appointed postmaster once to pay him for some useful services, but he declined because he was really making more out of his paper than his postmastership would have brought.
From The "Genius" by Theodore Dreiser
