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Postmaster

Noun CEFR B2
ˈpoʊstˌmæstɚ

Definitions

  1. The head of a post office.
  2. The administrator of an electronic mail system.
  3. A kind of scholar at Merton College, Oxford; portionist.
  4. One who has charge of a station for the accommodation of travellers; one who supplies post horses.

Equivalents

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Examples

“With that, Elvin Mercado became the postmaster of Manhattan, ruling the mails from the palatial James A. Farley Post⟳ Office on Eighth Avenue.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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