postmasters

noun

plural of postmaster
as in messengers

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  1. messengers
  2. postmen
Noun
  • Jill was one of the few messengers in the administration who resonated with mothers and teachers, who was a teacher herself.
    — Azadeh Moaveni, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The medications work by blocking certain chemical messengers in the part of the brain that regulates body temperature and manages sleep/wake cycles, according to the guidance.
    — Shannon Firth, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of messengers
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  • Two postmen came every day; the one from the South generally came earlier.
    — Colm Tóibín, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Boy Scouts marched, as did fraternities, high-school classes, postmen, and newspaper columnists.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
Definition of postmen
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“Postmasters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postmasters. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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