Definitions of Quartermaster [ˈkwɔr tərˌmæs tər, -ˌmɑ stər]

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Definition of 'Quartermaster'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) quartermaster
a military officer charged with providing quarters, clothing, food, etc., for a body of troops.

2. quartermaster
a petty officer having charge of a ship's helm and its navigating apparatus.

Etymology: (1400–50)

Definition of 'Quartermaster'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) quartermaster
an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops

Definition of 'Quartermaster'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Quartermaster
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. (noun) Quartermaster
a petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master

Definitions of 'Quartermaster'

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. Quartermaster
in the army an officer whose duty it is to look after the quarters, clothing, rations, stores, ammunition, &c., of the regiment, and in the navy a petty officer who has to see to the stowage, steerage, soundings, &c., of the ship.

Translation of 'Quartermaster'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: an officer whose job is to provide soldiers with food, transport, a place to live etc.
Afrikaans: kwartiermeester	Arabic: ضابِط التَّموين والإمدادا	Bulgarian: интендант
Brazilian: oficial intendente	Czech: ubytovací důstojník	German: der Quartiermeister
Danish: kvartermester	Greek: οικονόμος, επιμελητής (στ	Spanish: oficial de intendencia
Estonian: varustusülem	Farsi: سر رشته دار	Finnish: huoltopäällikkö
French: intendant militaire	Hebrew: אַפסָנַאי	Hindi: क्वार्टर मास्टर, फौजी अफस
Croatian: podčasnik za logistiku	Hungarian: szállásmester	Indonesian: perwira intendans
Icelandic: ráðsmaður	Italian: furiere, maresciallo d'al	Japanese: 補給係将校
Korean: 보급계 장교	Lithuanian: kvartirmeisteris	Latvian: kvartīrmeistars
Malay: kuartermaster	Dutch: kwartiermeester	Norwegian: intendanturoffiser
Polish: kwatermistrz	Persian: سر رشته دار	Pashto: ښ ) زيرمه وال، سرشته دار،
Portuguese: oficial intendente	Romanian: ofiţer însărcinat cu apro	Russian: квартирмейстер
Slovak: ubytovací dôstojník	Slovenian: intendant	Serbian: navigacioni oficir
Swedish: kvartermästare	Thai: ทหารที่ทำหน้าที่ดูแลเรื่อ	Turkish: levazım subayı
Taiwanese: 軍需官	Ukrainian: квартирмейстер	Urdu: رجمنٹ کا اعلی منتظم افسر
Vietnamese: sỹ quan hậu cần	Chinese: 军需官
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