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Webster 1913 Edition
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
. See
Sergeant
.Definition 2024
quartermaster
quartermaster
English
Alternative forms
- quarter-master
Noun
quartermaster (plural quartermasters)
- (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.
- (nautical) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master.
Translations
officer responsible for supplies
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