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postmaster Definition

post·master (pōstmas′tər)

noun

  1. Historical a person in charge of a station for post horses
  2. a person in charge of a post office

postmaster Related Forms
post·mas′ter·ship′ noun
postmaster Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • appoint: The man on the left is thought to be Mr F. Burn, who was appointed postmaster in Pickering in 1902.
  • start: See below for a better way to start the postmaster in the background.
  • become: In 1847 Henry Green became postmaster, he was also Master of the National School Brockhampton.
  • have: Your postmaster An e-mail server should have a postmaster.
  • restart: Then quit the standalone backend and restart the postmaster.
  • stop: In this case it is useful to know how to go about starting and stopping the postmaster.

Adjective modifier

  • local: Then the local postmaster rang to inquire whether someone would be at home to receive sacks full of postcards.
  • first: In 1825, Francis Dickson opened a general store and was named the first postmaster.

Modifies a noun

  • -i: To enable connections from other machines, you have to use the new postmaster -i option, and of course edit pg_hba.conf.
  • mailbox: You can't change quota for the postmaster mailbox.
  • account: Queries to AOL's postmaster account received no response.
  • address: If you do not have a postmaster address or you do not monitor it you may miss some important messages.
  • process: The postmaster process must be running for dCache to operate properly.
  • /usr/local/pgsql/data: Thus, the simplest way to start the server is: $ postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data which will leave the server running in the foreground.

Noun used with modifier

  • sub: After the war he returned to the postal service becoming sub postmaster at Great Broughton.
  • village: Clara was brought up in Shropshire, the granddaughter of a village postmaster, Thomas Harriman Perry.
  • sub-: Many closures have been unavoidable because following changes in payment of pensions, sub- postmasters have found economic survival impossible.

Possessives

  • wife: The postmaster's wife was then taken from her bed and threatened at knifepoint.

Preposition: in

  • background: See below for a better way to start the postmaster in the background.