Quartermaster

3 definitions found

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

  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.


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     2. (Naut.) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle,
        signals, and the like, under the direction of the master.
        --Totten.
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     {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}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  quartermaster
       n : an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for
           troops

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "quartermaster":
     OD, boatswain, captain, caterer, chandler, chief engineer,
     chief mate, commander, commissariat, commissary, deck officer,
     donor, furnisher, manciple, master, mate, merchant, naval officer,
     navigating officer, navigator, patron, pipes, provider,
     provisioner, purveyor, retailer, sailing master, second mate,
     shipmaster, skipper, steward, stock clerk, storekeeper, supplier,
     sutler, the Old Man, victualer, vivandier, watch officer