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English Dictionary: quartermaster by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quartermaster
n
  1. an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quartermaster \Quar"ter*mas`ter\, n. [Quarter + master: cf. F.
      quartier-ma[8c]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}.
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