postmaster general
noun
plural postmasters general
: an official in charge of a national post office department or agency
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The accompanying 32-page prestige booklet, Putting a Stamp on the American Experience, contains two self-adhesive sheets of a new Forever stamp depicting Benjamin Franklin, America's first postmaster general.
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Kristen Waggoner, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
This month, the Postal Service Board of Governors selected David Steiner to be the next postmaster general.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
Since that reorganization, the president no longer has the power to appoint – or fire – the postmaster general.
—Jena Martin, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025
While subsequent postmasters general have pledged not to repeat these costly raids, private companies delivering time-sensitive correspondence must now constantly watch their backs against an aggressive agency.
—Ross Marchand, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2025
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Kristen Waggoner, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
This month, the Postal Service Board of Governors selected David Steiner to be the next postmaster general.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
Since that reorganization, the president no longer has the power to appoint – or fire – the postmaster general.
—Jena Martin, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025
While subsequent postmasters general have pledged not to repeat these costly raids, private companies delivering time-sensitive correspondence must now constantly watch their backs against an aggressive agency.
—Ross Marchand, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for postmaster general
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“Postmaster general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postmaster%20general. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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