postmaster C1 Topic:Work & Careers US /ˈpoʊstˌmæstɚ/ UK /ˈpoʊstˌmæstɚ/ See IPA manual Freq #33068 Meanings 1 noun The head of a post office. With that, Elvin Mercado became the postmaster of Manhattan, ruling the mails from the palatial James A. Farley Post Office on Eighth Avenue. Thesaurus Word family Derived forms postmastershipsubpostmaster Etymology From post + master. Topics Work & Careers External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # postmaster **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈpoʊstˌmæstɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpoʊstˌmæstɚ/ **Frequency rank:** 33068 ## Meanings 1. The head of a post office. ## Examples - With that, Elvin Mercado became the postmaster of Manhattan, ruling the mails from the palatial James A. Farley Post Office on Eighth Avenue. ## Derived Forms - postmastership - subpostmaster ## Etymology From post + master. ## Topics - Work & Careers markdown