Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The chief executive head of the postal and telegraphic systems of Great Britain, or of the postal system of the United States.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The chief officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a member of the cabinet.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the official in charge of the national postal service
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Examples
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Maybe Mr. Rosenblum is actually lobbying for the position of postmaster-general.
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Maybe Mr. Rosenblum is actually lobbying for the position of postmaster-general.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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The boat by which I was to leave Quebec was to sail on the afternoon of the day on which I visited Lorette, but was detained till the evening by the postmaster-general, when a heavy fog came on, which prevented its departure till the next morning.
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The man having been convicted, the postmaster-general was bound to regard him as guilty, and hesitated to allow a clerk to be absent so long on behalf of a man who was already in prison.
John Caldigate 2004
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“When I am made postmaster-general you shall have it,” said Lord Newhaven, smiling.
Red Pottage 2004
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Loyalty was the only qualification of a postmaster-general.
America's First Dynasty Richard Brookhiser 2002
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Three and a half years into his term, Adams agonized in his diary over the treachery of his own postmaster-general, John McLean, who was a tool of Calhoun.
America's First Dynasty Richard Brookhiser 2002
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GREENFIELD: Question two, Franklin Roosevelt's campaign manager in 1932 and '39 served as both chair of the Democratic National Committee and postmaster-general before he broke with the president in 1940 over the third-term issue.
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And the Post Office and the postmaster-general and all the people from the Post Office are just really supermotivated to get this stamp out.
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Act. The Gauteng tender is one of most lucrative government banking contracts, with the successful bank holding up to R17 billion in the so-called postmaster-general account, the equivalent of a current account.
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