postmistress

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as in postmaster

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Recent Examples of postmistress Robin Garbutt has spent the last 12 years behind bars after being convicted in 2011 of killing his postmistress wife Diana above their shop in Melsonby, North Yorkshire. — The Week Uk, theweek, 22 Jan. 2024 When his mother, the postmistress, died, Ms. Sweeney succeeded her in the job. — Alex Traub, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2024 Left with only a small life insurance policy and a meager pension, her mother made ends meet by taking in sewing and working part time in a grocery store before becoming the Plains postmistress. — Kevin Sullivan, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023

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“Postmistress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postmistress. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.

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