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Quartermaster

Quar′ter-masˊter

,
Noun.
[
Quarter
+
master
: cf. F.
quartier-maître
.]
1.
(Mil.)
An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies.
2.
(Naut.)
A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master.
Totten.
Quartermaster general
(Mil.)
,
in the United States a staff officer, who has the rank of brigadier general and is the chief officer in the quartermaster’s department; in England, an officer of high rank stationed at the War Office having similar duties; also, a staff officer, usually a general officer, accompanying each complete army in the field.
Quartermaster sergeant
.

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quartermaster

quartermaster

English

Alternative forms

  • quarter-master

Noun

quartermaster (plural quartermasters)

  1. (military) An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies.
  2. (nautical) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master.

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