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    postmistress

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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    post·mis·tress /ˈpəʊstˌmɪstrɪs $ ˈpoʊst-/ noun [countable] old-fashioned  TCMa woman who is in charge of a post office 女邮政局长 → postmaster
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    postmistress• Bowing out: Myrtle Milner is retiring as postmistress in the village of Wharram-le-Street, near Malton.• Raybrock, Mrs, postmistress of Steepways.• Belle is the postmistress for the town, and it seems her work is never done.• She was postmistress of Oxford at the end of her life.
    post·mis·tress nounChineseSyllable
    Corpus woman a post office who of charge a in is


    postmistress
    post‧mis‧tress /ˈpəʊstˌmɪstrəs, ˈpəʊstˌmɪstrɪs $ ˈpoʊst-/ noun [countable] old-fashioned
    a woman who is in charge of a post office ⇨ postmaster


    post·mas·ter, BrE /ˈpəʊstmɑːstə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpoʊstmæstər/ 🔊 post·mist·ressBrE /ˈpəʊstmɪstrəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpoʊstmɪstrəs/ 🔊 nouna person who is in charge of a post office 邮政局长