[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quartermaster \quar"termas`ter\, n. quarter + master: cf. f.
   quartier-ma^itre.
   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.
      1913 webster

   2. naut. a petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle,
      signals, and the like, under the direction of the master.
      --totten.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
quartermaster general quartermaster sergeant sergeant 

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