English

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Etymology

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From postmaster +‎ -ship.

Noun

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postmastership (countable and uncountable, plural postmasterships)

  1. The office or position of postmaster.
    • 1930, United States Congressional Serial Set, page 1082:
      In the meantime I had sold my country newspaper, had resigned a postmastership, and had but a weekly newspaper in Omaha devoted to the antileague cause.