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postmistress

American

[pohst-mis-tris] / ˈpoʊstˌmɪs trɪs /

noun

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

Gender

See -ess.

Etymology

Origin of postmistress

First recorded in 1690–1700; post ³ + mistress

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

Beer reads out a section of the email relating to Gareth Jenkins, a Fujitsu employee who helped wrongly jail pregnant postmistress Seema Misra.

From BBC • May 3, 2024

The BBC has obtained Gareth Jenkins' 2010 statement, which helped wrongly jail pregnant postmistress Seema Misra.

From BBC • May 3, 2024

A former postmistress says she suffered a mental breakdown after being wrongly accused of stealing £11,000 from the West Midlands branch she operated.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2024

I didn’t know that he never opened the sack before he took it to Mrs. Kellam, who served as postmistress.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

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