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POSTMISTRESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does postmistress mean?
• POSTMISTRESS (noun)
The noun POSTMISTRESS has 1 sense:
1. a woman postmaster
Familiarity information: POSTMISTRESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A woman postmaster
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("postmistress" is a kind of...):
postmaster (the person in charge of a post office)
Context examples
Beth was postmistress, for, being most at home, she could attend to it regularly, and dearly liked the daily task of unlocking the little door and distributing the mail.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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