Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

postmastership

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: post-mas-ter-ship
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The office or position of postmaster.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From postmaster + -ship.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: postmaster

Usage

Inflected Forms

postmasterships (plural)

Questions

What does postmastership mean?: The office or position of postmaster.
Where does postmastership come from?: From postmaster + -ship.

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