Image: Wikimedia Commons

postmaster

Head of a post office

Concepthistorical profession occupation positionQ1416611

Also known as postmistress

Instance of: historical profession
, occupation
, position
Subclass of: office supervisors
, postal worker

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

A postmaster is the head of an individual post office, responsible for all postal activities in a specific post office. When a postmaster is responsible for an entire mail distribution organization, the title of Postmaster General is commonly used. Responsibilities of a postmaster typically include management of a centralized mail distribution facility, establishment of letter carrier routes, supervision of letter carriers and clerks, and enforcement of the organization's rules and procedures. The postmaster is the representative of the Postmaster General in that post office.

Overview

All data

28 statements · 14% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Female form of label: postmistress
Postmeisterin
maestra de postes
поштмайстарка
mestra de postes
מנהלת בית דואר
Different from: postal official
Male form of label: postmaster

On other databases

15 identifiers linking postmaster across the web's reference databases

Data quality

statements

14%

externally sourced

Source last edited October 1, 2026. AIDB refreshes this page daily.

Suggest a fact or correction

Links

Use this data

curl https://aidb.si/api/v1/entities/Q1416611

API docs, limits & keys

Cite this page

AIDB. (2026). postmaster (Q1416611). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/postmaster-Q1416611