postmaster

See also pöstmȧster

English

Etymology

post + master

Noun

postmaster (plural postmasters)

1. the head of a post office
2. 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

• subpostmaster

Translations

the head of a post office

• Manx: mainshtyr post (gv) m
• Russian: начальник почтового учреждения (ru) (načálʹnik počtóvovo učreždénija) m, (historical) почтмейстер (ru) (počtméjster) m

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