postmaster
nounUS /ˈpoʊstˌmæstɚ/
Etymology From post + master.
1
The head of a post office.
- With that, Elvin Mercado became the postmaster of Manhattan, ruling the mails from the palatial James A. Farley Post Office on Eighth Avenue.2014 May 14, Andy Newman, “New York Today: Meet Your Postmaster”, in The New York Times:
2
Internet The administrator of an electronic mail system.
3
UK A kind of scholar at Merton College, Oxford; portionist.
4
Archaic One who has charge of a station for the accommodation of travellers; one who supplies post horses.
- Derived terms
- Postmaster General, postmastership, subpostmaster
- Coordinate terms
- postmistress