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Webster 1913 Edition

Headquarters

Head′quarˊters

(-kwa̤rˊtẽrz)
,
Noun.
pl.
[but sometimes used as a
Noun.
s
ing.
]
1.
The quarters or place of residence of any chief officer, as the general in command of an army, or the head of a police force; the place from which orders or instructions are issued; hence, the center of authority or order.
The brain, which is the
headquarters
, or office, of intelligence.
Collier.

Webster 1828 Edition

Headquarters

HEADQUART'ERS

,
Noun.
plu.
The quarters or place of residence of the commander-in-chief of an army.
1.
The residence of any chief, or place from which orders are issued.

Definition 2024

headquarters

headquarters

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Noun

headquarters ‎(plural headquarters)

  1. The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff.
  2. The center of an organization's operations or administration.
    • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:
      As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.
  3. A place of concentrated activity or influence.

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