Hypertext Webster Gateway: "quartermaster"
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) 1.7 (wn)
quartermaster
n : an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for
troops
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