postmaster general
noun
plural postmasters general
: an official in charge of a national post office department or agency
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Sprawling duties of the postmaster The postmaster general overseas a vast operation.
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Jena Martin, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025
Hollywood’s corridors of power are uniquely vulnerable to blowback from a notoriously vindictive president (who in 2018 lobbied the postmaster general to double postal rates for Amazon shipments to retaliate against Jeff Bezos for critical coverage in the Washington Post).
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
Martin wrote to the postmaster general, who granted the request.
—The Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2024
The post office, established in 1775 with Benjamin Franklin as the first postmaster general, was never intended to be a profit center.
—John M. Crisp, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025
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Jena Martin, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025
Hollywood’s corridors of power are uniquely vulnerable to blowback from a notoriously vindictive president (who in 2018 lobbied the postmaster general to double postal rates for Amazon shipments to retaliate against Jeff Bezos for critical coverage in the Washington Post).
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
Martin wrote to the postmaster general, who granted the request.
—The Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2024
The post office, established in 1775 with Benjamin Franklin as the first postmaster general, was never intended to be a profit center.
—John M. Crisp, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Postmaster general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postmaster%20general. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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