postmistress

/ˈpoʊstˌmɪstrəs/
noun
  1. A woman who is in charge of a post office.
    • She worked as a postmistress for over thirty years.
    • The postmistress sorted the mail by hand every morning.
    • Our local postmistress knows everyone in the village by name.
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