postmaster
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See also: pöstmaster
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]postmaster (plural postmasters)
- The head of a post office.
- 2014 May 14, Andy Newman, “New York Today: Meet Your Postmaster”, in The New York Times[1]:
- With that, Elvin Mercado became the postmaster of Manhattan, ruling the mails from the palatial James A. Farley Post Office on Eighth Avenue.
- (Internet) The administrator of an electronic mail system.
- (British) A kind of scholar at Merton College, Oxford; portionist.
- (archaic) One who has charge of a station for the accommodation of travellers; one who supplies post horses.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]head of a post office
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[edit]Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English postmaster.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /postˈmasteɾ/ [post̪ˈmas.t̪ɛɾ]
- Rhymes: -asteɾ
- Syllabification: post‧mas‧ter
Noun
[edit]postmaster (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜋᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “postmaster”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “postmaster”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- English, Leo James (1987) Tagalog-English dictionary, Manila, Philippines: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 1064
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