postmaster general
noun
plural postmasters general
: an official in charge of a national post office department or agency
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The Postal Service is the nation’s oldest federal function, predating the Declaration of Independence by nearly a year with the appointment by the Continental Congress of Benjamin Franklin as the first postmaster general on July 26, 1775.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2025
Sprawling duties of the postmaster The postmaster general overseas a vast operation.
—Jena Martin, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025
Hollywood’s corridors of power are uniquely vulnerable to blowback from a notoriously vindictive president (who in 2018 lobbied the postmaster general to double postal rates for Amazon shipments to retaliate against Jeff Bezos for critical coverage in the Washington Post).
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
Martin wrote to the postmaster general, who granted the request.
—The Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2024
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2025
Sprawling duties of the postmaster The postmaster general overseas a vast operation.
—Jena Martin, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025
Hollywood’s corridors of power are uniquely vulnerable to blowback from a notoriously vindictive president (who in 2018 lobbied the postmaster general to double postal rates for Amazon shipments to retaliate against Jeff Bezos for critical coverage in the Washington Post).
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
Martin wrote to the postmaster general, who granted the request.
—The Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Postmaster general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postmaster%20general. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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