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quartermaster
[kwawr-ter-mas-ter, -mah-ster]
noun
Military.Ìýan officer charged with providing quarters, clothing, fuel, transportation, etc., for a body of troops.
Navy.Ìýa petty officer having charge of signals, navigating apparatus, etc.
quartermaster
/ ˈ°ì·Éɔ˳Ùəˌ³¾É‘˲õ³ÙÉ™ /
noun
an officer responsible for accommodation, food, and equipment in a military unit
a rating in the navy, usually a petty officer, with particular responsibility for steering a ship and other navigational duties
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- quartermasterlike adjective
- quartermastership noun
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of quartermaster1
Example Sentences
The Times flicked it away as a joke, and reported dutifully — the paper’s owner was a Civil War veteran — that there was no truth to the rumor of a grudge against the quartermaster, Major J.B.
He was one of about 150,000 allied troops who took part in the Normandy Landings on 6 June 1944 - serving as a quartermaster on a minesweeper.
Maybe the most mythologized event of Los Angeles’ Civil War happened behind closed doors in the Army quartermaster’s brick home at 3rd and Main streets, perhaps in early to mid-June 1861.
Conter, a quartermaster, was lauded for helping rescue fellow crew members during the attack, according to the Pacific Historic Parks post.
Conter was a quartermaster, standing on the main deck of the Arizona as Japanese planes flew overhead at 7:55 a.m. on Dec. 7 that year.
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