| 单词 |
postmastership |
| 释义 |
▪ I. ˈpostˌmastership1
[f. postmaster1 + -ship.]
The office of postmaster.
a1603T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 107 Howsoeuer the Iesuites take vpon them the postmastership of Angels, they are not able to tell how many miles they goe in a minute. 1623in Rep. Secret Comm. P.O. (1844) 46 The office which the Lord Stanhope holdeth for Postmastership within our dominions. 1804G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 134 Lord Charles Spencer should be allowed to remain in the other joint Postmastership. 1894Times 20 Sept. 4/6 [He] called at the shop of the man who had applied for the postmastership.
▪ II. ˈpostˌmastership2
[f. postmaster2 + -ship.]
The position of postmaster at Merton College, Oxford.
1814Southey Lett. (1856) II. 386 A good thing, called by the odd name of a postmastership, has been promised him at Merton, which will materially lighten the expense. 1885Oxf. Univ. Cal., Merton Coll. 118 The number of postmasterships or scholarships is 18, but may be increased. |
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