"postmaster" meaning in English

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      "posta",
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      "poste",
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      "*magisteros",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/magisteros"
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      "magister, magistrum",
      "magister#Latin"
    ],
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      "maistre",
      "maistre#Old_French"
    ],
    [
      "magister",
      "magister#Latin"
    ],
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      "mǣġester",
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    ],
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      "maister",
      "maister#Middle_English"
    ],
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      "master",
      "master#English:_maister"
    ],
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      "post",
      "post#English:_mail"
    ],
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      "master",
      "master#English:_maister"
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