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quartermaster


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quartermaster  \Quar"ter*mas`ter\,  n.  [Quarter  +  master:  cf  F. 
  quartier-ma[^i]tre.] 
  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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  quartermaster 
  n  :  n  army  officer  who  provides  clothing  and  subsistence  for 
  troops 




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