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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

POSTMASTER, n. The officer who has the superintendence and direction of a post-office.
Postmaster-general, is the chief officer of the post-office department, whose duty is to make contracts for the conveyance of the public mails and see that they are executed, and who receives the moneys arising from the postage of letters, pays the expenses, keeps the accounts of the office, and superintends the whole department.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the person in charge of a post office

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1513 1. one who has charge of a post office 2. one who has charge of a station for the accommodation of travelers or who supplies post-horses • postmastership noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a man in charge of a post office. Phrases and idioms: postmaster general the head of a country's postal service. Usage: The office was abolished in the UK in 1969.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Postmaster Post"mas`ter, n. 1. One who has charge of a station for the accommodation of travelers; one who supplies post horses. 2. One who has charge of a post office, and the distribution and forwarding of mails.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(postmasters) A postmaster is a man who is in charge of a local post office. (FORMAL) N-COUNT