Postmastership

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The office or position of postmaster. countable, uncountable

    "In the meantime I had sold my country newspaper, had resigned a postmastership, and had but a weekly newspaper in Omaha devoted to the antileague cause."

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"In the meantime I had sold my country newspaper, had resigned a postmastership, and had but a weekly newspaper in Omaha devoted to the antileague cause."

Etymology

From postmaster + -ship.

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