quartermaster
quartermaster
Definition
quarter·master (kwôrt′ər mas′tər)
noun
- Mil. an officer whose duty it is to provide troops with quarters, clothing, equipment, etc.
- Naut. a petty officer or mate trained to steer a ship, perform navigational duties, etc.
quartermaster
Synonyms
quartermaster
Usage Examples
Possessives
- store: The quartermaster's stores moved by march route to Levis barracks at Arras.
Converse of object
- become: He later became a Quartermaster in the Coast Guard Service.
- have: So I had the quartermaster take them on at once.
Adjective modifier
- former: One of them was Pat Harte, former quartermaster of the 3rd Battalion, West Cork Brigade.
- regimental: Promoted to the rank of sergeant in 1862 he was acting regimental quartermaster by the the time the war came to an end.
Modifies a noun
- general: The letter was signed by a senior retired officer on behalf of the quartermaster general 's chief of staff.
- sergeant: Squadron quartermaster sergeants wear four chevrons with rank badge, the whole surmounted by a crown.
Noun used with modifier
- IRA: There they will meet the IRA quartermaster who holds responsibility for the arms.
Browse dictionary entries near quartermaster
- quarterly
- quarterlies
- quartering
- quarterfinalist
- quarterfinal
- quartered
- quarterdeck
- quarterback
- quarterage
- quarter sessions
- Quartermaster Corps
- quartern
- quarters
- quartersaw
- quartersawed
- quartersawing
- quartersawn
- quarterstaff
- quarterstaves
- quartet
