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Meaning of "postmastership" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POSTMASTERSHIP

ˈpəʊstmɑːstərʃɪp


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POSTMASTERSHIP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Postmastership is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POSTMASTERSHIP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of postmastership in the English dictionary

The definition of postmastership in the dictionary is the office or position of a postmaster.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POSTMASTERSHIP

doctorship · gladiatorship · hectorship · landownership · preachership · presbytership · priorship · probationership · proctorship · progenitorship · prosectorship · protectorship · pursership · rangership · speakership · spectatorship · spinstership · subeditorship · traitorship · writership

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POSTMASTERSHIP

postman · postman´s knock · postmarital · postmark · postmarked · postmastectomy · postmaster · postmaster general · postmasters general · postmating · postmedieval · postmen · postmenopausal · postmenstrual · postmeridian · postmillenarian · postmillennial · postmillennialism · postmillennialist · postmistress

WORDS THAT END LIKE POSTMASTERSHIP

authorship · censorship · dealership · dictatorship · entrepreneurship · home ownership · leadership · membership · mentorship · ownership · partnership · place of worship · premiership · proprietorship · readership · relationship · scholarship · sponsorship · starship · warship · worship

Synonyms and antonyms of postmastership in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «postmastership» into 25 languages

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The translations of postmastership from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «postmastership» in English.
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postmastership
1,325 millions of speakers
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postmastership
570 millions of speakers
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postmastership
510 millions of speakers
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postmastership
380 millions of speakers
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postmastership
280 millions of speakers
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postmastership
278 millions of speakers
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postmastership
270 millions of speakers
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postmastership
260 millions of speakers
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maître de poste
220 millions of speakers
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Postmastership
190 millions of speakers
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postmastership
180 millions of speakers
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postmastership
130 millions of speakers
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postmastership
85 millions of speakers
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Kepenginan
85 millions of speakers
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postmastership
80 millions of speakers
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postmastership
75 millions of speakers
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पदव्युत्तर पदवी
75 millions of speakers
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postmastership
70 millions of speakers
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postmastership
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postmastership
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postmastership
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postmastership
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postmastership
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postmastership
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postmastership
10 millions of speakers
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postmastership
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of postmastership

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POSTMASTERSHIP»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of postmastership
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about postmastership

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POSTMASTERSHIP»

Discover the use of postmastership in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to postmastership and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons
In case, in any election to a Postmastership of the foundation of John Chamber, no candidate shall offer himself duly qualified by nomination and otherwise according to the instrument of foundation, and whom the Warden and Fellows shall ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1857
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Elections in Oxford County, 1837-1875: A Case Study of ...
E.D.'s goal in 1871 was to keep the postmastership in his extended family. Benjamin Van Norman, the postmaster at the time of his death in 1869, was E.D.' s brother-in-law and uncle to E.D.'s wife. On Benjamin's death, the postmastership ...
George Emery, 2012
3
Reminiscences of an Active Life: The Autobiography of John ...
Nothing more was said about the Vicksburg postmastership during the campaign. As soon as the election was over, I wrote Mr. Bruce that since he was shortly to retire from the Senate and would be an applicant for an appointive office under ...
John Roy Lynch, John Hope Franklin, 2008
4
Before Obama: A Reappraisal of Black Reconstruction Era ...
Lynch did wish to make it necessary for Bruce to take sides in the Vicksburg postmastership, and so he asked him to table the appointment until after his term ended. Bruce agreed. Lynch wanted to nominate John D. Tinney, who had literally ...
Matthew Lynch, 2012
5
Enterprising Southerners: Black Economic Success in North ...
For example, in 1889 Congressman Cheatham worked to obtain the postmastership of the town of Wilson, which paid about $1,5oo, for Samuel Vick. 49 A graduate of Lincoln University and the principal of a black public school, Vick would ...
Robert C. Kenzer, 1997
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Presidential executive orders: numbered 1-8030, 1862-1938
16 Rating of the examinations papers of William H. Crafts for the postmastership at Mantua, Ohio, authorized without regard to the limitations of E. 0. [3455] of May 10, 1921. 1923 CSR 151. 3789-A : Feb. 16 Powers vested in the President by ...
Historical Records Survey (New York, N.Y.), Clifford Lee Lord, United States. President, 1944
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Annual Report of the United States Civil Service Commission
WAIVER OF BEBIDINOE REQUIREMENTDecember 9, 1922. That part of the Executive order of May 10, 1921, which pertains to the residence requirement of candidates for the presidential postmastership examinations is hereby waived so as ...
United States Civil Service Commission, 1923
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Main Street
... uncared for. The elevator company, Ezra Stowbody president, let him go. The company, Ezra explained to Carol, had no funds for giving pensions. She tried to have him appointed to the postmastership, which, since all the work was done ...
Sinclair Lewis, 2010
9
Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America
(The surveyor at Quincy, Austin S. Brooks, also held the Quincy postmastership and edited the Douglasite Quincy Herald and was “publicly asked about his position, concerning the current situation of the parties, and he had freely answered ...
Allen C. Guelzo, 2010
10
With the Hammer of Truth: James Thompson Callender and ...
On three successive evenings Callender was closeted with Madison in the State Department, where he was finally convinced that the fine would only be repaid through Randolph and that the Richmond postmastership would never be his.
Michael Durey

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POSTMASTERSHIP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term postmastership is used in the context of the following news items.
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First Midland County sheriff shaped community in many ways
According to Smith Ray, when Woodrow Wilson was elected president Theo Ray lost the postmastership. Smith Ray said upon the election of ... «Odessa American, Jan 15»
2
Anthony Curtis - obituary
Called up by the RAF, he started learning to fly Tiger Moths and, with the war coming to an end, was allowed to take up a postmastership ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 14»
3
Congressman Leonidas Campbell Houk
... keep his hold on his own political patronage and supported Oliver Perry Temple, the lawyer who had spoken up for him during his trial, for the postmastership. «The knoxville focus, Oct 13»
4
Smiths' Men's Store Celebrates 75 Years of Business in Lake Forest!
The next Presidential election brought political change and Walter lost the postmastership. Walter and his wife Irene Atteridge Smith, chased ... «TribLocal, Feb 12»
5
A teacher does his political homework
“The postmastership is the softest snap in Ypsilanti,” continued the article. “The salary is $2,600 a year [about $60,000 today]. When Lister ... «The Ann Arbor Chronicle, Oct 11»
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Frank Brenchley
He went on to win a postmastership (the Merton equivalent of a scholarship) to study at Merton College, Oxford, where he read Classics . «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 11»
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Autobiography of Mark Twain
... can't repay . . . another will not beg a loan, but will beg for a postmastership; another will not do that but will beg for an introduction to society . «New York Post, Oct 10»
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Shoving founders in our issues a bad fit
For example, after his lucrative postmastership was taken away, Ben Franklin changed almost overnight from a British apologist to the most ... «Memphis Commercial Appeal, Jul 09»
REFERENCE
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