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Postmaster vs Postman - What's the difference?

postmaster | postman |

As nouns the difference between postmaster and postman

is that postmaster is the head of a post office while postman is someone (implied male) who delivers the post (mail) to, and/or collects the post from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.

postmaster

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The head of a post office.
  • (internet) The administrator of an electronic mail system.
  • (British) A kind of scholar at , Oxford; portionist.
  • (archaic) One who has charge of a station for the accommodation of travellers; one who supplies post horses.

    • Derived terms

    * subpostmaster

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    postman

    English

    Noun

    (postmen)
  • (chiefly, British) someone (implied male) who delivers the post (mail) to, and/or collects the post from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.
  • One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions, so called from the place where he sits, the other of the two being the tubman.
  • * James Whishaw, A Synopsis of the Members of the English Bar
    • Postman of the Court of Exchequer.

    Synonyms

    * mailman

    Related terms

    * mailwoman, postwoman

    Hypernyms

    * mail carrier, letter carrier, postal carrier * mailperson, postperson

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    * English nouns with irregular plurals