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What (who) is quartermaster - definition
Quartermaster
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ARMY SUPPLY OFFICER OR NAVAL RANK
Scout quartermaster; Quarter-master; Quarter-Master; Quartermaster (naval); Quartermastership; Quartermaster (United States Navy); Quartermaster (U.S. Navy); Quartermaster (US Navy); Pirate quartermaster; Quartermasters
Quartermaster is a military term, the meaning of which depends on the country and service. In land armies, a quartermaster is generally a relatively senior soldier who supervises stores or barracks and distributes supplies and [In many navies], a quartermaster is an officer with particular responsibility for steering and signals.
Quartermaster
ARMY SUPPLY OFFICER OR NAVAL RANK
Scout quartermaster; Quarter-master; Quarter-Master; Quartermaster (naval); Quartermastership; Quartermaster (United States Navy); Quartermaster (U.S. Navy); Quartermaster (US Navy); Pirate quartermaster; Quartermasters
·noun A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master.
II. Quartermaster ·noun 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.
quartermaster
ARMY SUPPLY OFFICER OR NAVAL RANK
Scout quartermaster; Quarter-master; Quarter-Master; Quartermaster (naval); Quartermastership; Quartermaster (United States Navy); Quartermaster (U.S. Navy); Quartermaster (US Navy); Pirate quartermaster; Quartermasters
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1. a regimental officer in charge of quartering and supplies.
2. a naval petty officer responsible for steering and signals.
Examples of use of quartermaster
1. Thomas Mifflin, quartermaster general for the future president‘s forces.
2. Branch, command sergeant major of the 23rd Quartermaster Brigade at Fort Lee.
3. Elam, 3', Columbus, Ga.; died Tuesday in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of a non–combat related illness; assigned to the 54th Quartermaster Company, 4'th Quartermaster Group, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Lee, Va. – Army Cpl.
4. By that time, he was quartermaster sergeant and he started to keep a diary.
5. Her predecessor Chris Patten once said the job was like that of a quartermaster – not glamorous, but essential.