postmaster general
noun
plural postmasters general
: an official in charge of a national post office department or agency
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And now the Postal Board of Governors has shamefully selected a new postmaster general—David Steiner—straight from competitor FedEx, an obvious and glaring conflict of interest.
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Mark Dimondstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Each postmaster general was designated as the local shelter manager and granted complete authority to operate the shelter, including determining who would be admitted or excluded.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Aug. 2025
On July 26, 1775, the Second Continental Congress established the United States postal system and appointed soon-to-be founding father Benjamin Franklin as the first postmaster general.
—Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2025
The story went that Jackson's postmaster general, Amos Kendall, was accused of mishandling accounts.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 23 July 2025
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Mark Dimondstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Each postmaster general was designated as the local shelter manager and granted complete authority to operate the shelter, including determining who would be admitted or excluded.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Aug. 2025
On July 26, 1775, the Second Continental Congress established the United States postal system and appointed soon-to-be founding father Benjamin Franklin as the first postmaster general.
—Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2025
The story went that Jackson's postmaster general, Amos Kendall, was accused of mishandling accounts.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 23 July 2025
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“Postmaster general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postmaster%20general. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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