postmistress
Americannoun
Gender
See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of postmistress
Example Sentences
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The body of retired postmistress Una Crown was found at her bungalow in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, on 13 January 2013.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025
Former postmistress Una Crown lived alone in the bungalow she once shared with her late husband Ron in the Cambridgeshire town of Wisbech.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025
Mairi Wingate has been the postmistress in Barton-upon-Humber for 19 years and says there are lots of reasons people prefer cash.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2024
He was the senior lawyer involved in a number of prosecutions - including that of postmistress Seema Misra, who was sent to jail in 2010 and later cleared of wrongdoing.
From BBC ● May 3, 2024
I count to one hundred slowly, then watch the postmistress read a postcard before putting it in a box.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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