postmaster : Idioms & Phrases


postmaster general

  • noun the official in charge of the national postal service
WordNet

postmaster-general

Post"mas`ter-gen"er*al noun
Wordforms
plural Postmasters-general
Definitions
  1. The chief officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a member of the cabinet.
Webster 1913