postmastership

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post·mas·ter

(pōst′măs′tər)

A person who is in charge of the operations of a post office.

post′mas′ter·ship′ n.

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postmastership

(ˈpəʊstmɑːstərʃɪp)

1. the office or position of a postmaster

2. (Professions) the office or position of a postmaster

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As soon as I heard the San Francisco postmastership was vacant, I made up my mind to get it--and here I am."

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Members of Congress possessed an institutional myopia that prevented them from seeing the big picture, and the president--whose stature could in theory grant him that vision--simply did not have the time to deal out every postmastership in the country.

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