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postmistress

/pohst-mis-tris/US // ˈpoʊstˌmɪs trɪs //

女邮递员,女邮政局长,女邮差,邮政员

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a woman in charge of a post office.

Examples

  • The letter was then produced, and examined by the postmistress.

  • Mrs. Goodyear is serving as postmistress of Starbuck and is a lady of more than ordinary business ability.

  • The little postmistress wondered at the radiance which illumined the face of the lovely lady.

  • The postmistress had overlooked it, and had given it to Robert, when he went afterwards, not knowing that we had been.

  • A colored young lady had been appointed postmistress, and the people in that vicinity refused to recognize her.