The postmaster, who was also the village grocer, had a clear recollection of the telegram.
Source: tatoeba (6608568)
Postmaster
//ˈpoʊstˌmæstɚ//
Synonyms for "postmaster" (3 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Strong matches (1)
Related words (1)
Noun(1 words)
Related word relations
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1 entriesat location
2 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
2 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
10 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- началник поща noun (head of a post office)
Finnish
4 entries- postimestari noun (head of a post office)
- postipäällikkö noun (head of a post office)
- postitoimiston johtaja noun (head of a post office)
- postitoimiston päällikkö noun (head of a post office)
Manx
1 entries- mainshtyr post noun (head of a post office)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Postmeista noun (head of a post office)
Romanian
1 entries- diriginte de poștă noun (head of a post office)
Russian
2 entries- нача́льник почто́вого учрежде́ния noun (head of a post office)
- почтме́йстер noun (head of a post office)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Tom is the postmaster.
Source: tatoeba (6697514)
Tom was appointed postmaster.
Source: tatoeba (12365167)
With that, Elvin Mercado became the postmaster of Manhattan, ruling the mails from the palatial James A. Farley Post Office on Eighth Avenue.
Source: wiktionary
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