postmaster
Runs postal operations
A postmaster is the official in charge of a post office.
The term applies to anyone running a local branch up to the head of a national postal service: She served as postmaster for thirty years.
In computing, postmaster is the standard email address for system administrators handling mail server issues: Send delivery problems to postmaster@example.com.
Delivery processing area
- postmarkDated mailing imprint
- sortingArranging into sequence
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- stampsPostal payment adhesives
envelopes · parcels · letters · mailbag · postage · addressing · zipcode · franking
Allocation across recipients
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- shipmentGoods being transported
- courierDelivery person or service
- carrierOne that transports
dispatch · parcel · freight · cargo · consignment · fulfillment · transportation · routing
Office record-keeper
- officeProfessional work location
- supervisorOne who directs workers
- managerOne who directs others
- appointmentScheduled time for something
civil service · government · public servant · bureaucracy · regulation · department · administration · federal
Of occupied territories
- stagecoachHorse-drawn route vehicle
- pony expressHorse relay postal service
- telegraphElectrical message system
- frontierEdge of settlement
Benjamin Franklin · rural · general store · commission · patronage · mail coach · relay station · inn
mailroom
Delivery processing area
stamps · envelopes · parcels · letters · mailbag · postage · addressing · zipcode · franking · dispatch
distribution
Allocation across recipients
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- shipmentGoods being transported
- courierDelivery person or service
carrier · dispatch · parcel · freight · cargo · consignment · fulfillment · transportation · routing · delivery
clerk
Office record-keeper
- officeProfessional work location
- supervisorOne who directs workers
- managerOne who directs others
appointment · civil service · government · public servant · bureaucracy · regulation · department · administration · federal · state
colonial
Of occupied territories
- stagecoachHorse-drawn route vehicle
- pony expressHorse relay postal service
- telegraphElectrical message system
frontier · Benjamin Franklin · rural · general store · commission · patronage · mail coach · relay station · inn · tavern
- village folkvillage elder, town crier, shopkeeper, barkeep, innkeeper
- functionariesregistrar, assessor, auditor, inspector, recorder
- mailletter, letters, mail, email, envelope
- postalmail, mail delivery, stamp, stamps, mail service
- postal servicemail, sorting machine, stamps, stamp, mailbox
- postal termsstamps, zip codes, stamp, stamped, postage stamp
postmastermail carrier
Delivers letters professionally
letter carrier · postman · postal worker · mailman · courier
- postmaster generalChief of postal operations