postmistress

[ pohst-mis-tris ]

noun

1. Older Use. a woman in charge of a post office.

Gender Note

See -ess.

Word History and Origins

Origin of postmistress¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; post ³ + mistress

Example Sentences

In 2016 we found what we needed when we learned of the Brienne Trunk, which belonged to a 17th-­century postmaster and postmistress in the Netherlands.

From MIT Technology Review

The letter was then produced, and examined by the postmistress.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Goodyear is serving as postmistress of Starbuck and is a lady of more than ordinary business ability.

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The little postmistress wondered at the radiance which illumined the face of the lovely lady.

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The postmistress had overlooked it, and had given it to Robert, when he went afterwards, not knowing that we had been.

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A colored young lady had been appointed postmistress, and the people in that vicinity refused to recognize her.

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