postmistress

[ pohst-mis-tris ]

noun

Origin of postmistress

First recorded in 1690–1700; post³ + mistress

See -ess.

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.
Unfolding history | Jane L. Dambrogio | October 27, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
The letter was then produced, and examined by the postmistress.
Auld Licht Idylls | J. M. Barrie
Mrs. Goodyear is serving as postmistress of Starbuck and is a lady of more than ordinary business ability.
Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 (of 2) | William Denison Lyman
The little postmistress wondered at the radiance which illumined the face of the lovely lady.
Glory of Youth | Temple Bailey
The postmistress had overlooked it, and had given it to Robert, when he went afterwards, not knowing that we had been.
How to be Happy Though Married | E. J. Hardy.

A colored young lady had been appointed postmistress, and the people in that vicinity refused to recognize her.
American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt | Edward Stratemeyer

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