Usually means: Manager of a local post office.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word postmistress:

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  1. postmistress: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. postmistress: Merriam-Webster
  3. postmistress: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. postmistress: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. postmistress: Collins English Dictionary
  6. postmistress: Vocabulary.com
  7. Postmistress, postmistress: Wordnik
  8. postmistress: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. postmistress: Wiktionary
  10. postmistress: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. postmistress: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. postmistress: Dictionary.com
  13. postmistress: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. postmistress: Rhymezone
  15. postmistress: FreeDictionary.org
  16. postmistress: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. postmistress: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. postmistress: Legal dictionary

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  1. postmistress: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  A female postmaster

Similar:
paymistress, postwoman, postal worker, impostress, postperson, mailwoman, postmaster, stationmistress, POST, proctress, more...

Opposite:
postmaster, mail carrier, postal worker

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Similar:
paymistress, postwoman, postal worker, impostress, postperson, mailwoman, postmaster, stationmistress, POST, proctress, more...

Opposite:
postmaster, mail carrier, postal worker



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