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Definition of Postmistress
1. Noun. A woman postmaster.
Definition of Postmistress
1. Noun. A female postmaster ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Postmistress
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Postmistress
Literary usage of Postmistress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings of Bret Harte by Bret Harte (1896)
"Out of this cloud presently emerged the neat figure of the postmistress with the
mail-bag which had been dexterously flung at her feet from the top of the ..."
2. Good Old Dorchester: A Narrative History of the Town, 1630-1893 by William Dana Orcutt (1891)
"The mischievous postmistress substituted a red-hot poker for the cigar case.
The studious postmaster below, with his hand out of the window ready to receive ..."
3. Great Short Stories: A New Collection of Famous Examples from the by William Patten, Broughton Brandenburg, P.F. Collier & Son Corporation (1906)
"... THE postmistress OF LAUREL RUN BY BRET HARTE Francis Bret Harte, born in 1839
at Albany, NY, left his home at the age of fifteen for California, ..."
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