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sub-postmistress /sʌbˈpəʊstˌmɪstrəs /noun chiefly BritishA woman in charge of a sub-post office: the sub-postmistress at the old-fashioned post office...- The teacher's mother is the sub-postmistress at the tiny post office on the corner of a terraced street.
- The sub-postmistress of Oxford Road post office, who did not want her name printed, said she was overwhelmed by the response from her customers.
- She stepped into the breach as postmistress when the village post office closed after the former sub-postmistress moved abroad.
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