postmaster
postmaster
Definition
post·master (pōst′mas′tər)
noun
- Historical a person in charge of a station for post horses
- a person in charge of a post office
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.
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