postmaster general

noun

plural postmasters general
: an official in charge of a national post office department or agency

Examples of postmaster general in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web When the Civil War split America, Montgomery Blair, President Lincoln’s postmaster general, used the savings from suspending service in the Confederacy to upgrade the Union’s mail system. Heran Mamo, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2023 Following a report from the postmaster general, postal tube transport resumed on July 1, 1902. Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Dec. 2023 The committee’s stamp recommendations are sent to the postmaster general for final approval. Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2023 The area’s congressional delegation wrote to the postmaster general asking about the long-term plan for Fort Howard. Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2023 A number of portraits on the Senate walls are of figures with ties to the Confederacy, including Jefferson Davis and John H. Reagan, who served as its postmaster general. Dallas News, 22 July 2021 Louis DeJoy, the postmaster general of the United States, said the main post office facility in Atlanta would be named after Lewis in an August ceremony. Wire Reports, oregonlive, 2 July 2023 At the Ambassador again, this time the Fiesta Room, where the guest of honor was Will Hays, a scarecrow of a man, the former postmaster general and head of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America. Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023 Yet until recently, Louis DeJoy, the postmaster general, had largely resisted Mr. Biden’s calls to put more electric vehicles on the road, citing high upfront costs and budget constraints. Brad Plumer, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1626, in the meaning defined above

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“Postmaster general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postmaster%20general. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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postmaster general

noun
plural postmasters general
: an official in charge of a national post office department or postal service
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