Definition of quartermaster in English:

quartermaster

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noun

1A military officer responsible for providing quarters, rations, clothing, and other supplies.
‘During the Civil War Gilmer held a variety of staff positions, including quartermaster and adjutant general of the Hilliard Alabama Legion.’
- ‘The commissary, a commissioned officer, handled food procurement and, like the quartermaster, on many questions answered directly to his superiors in the national capital rather than to the army commander.’
- ‘Eight supporting staff - a contingent commander, adjutant, cook, quartermaster, and coach for each discipline - completed the team, and where possible these members also competed as shooters.’
- ‘Our unit was made up of cooks, mechanics, and quartermasters with many of the same military occupational specialties found in traditional CSS units.’
- ‘It was also widely practised on campaign, when a quartermaster would normally travel ahead of his unit to arrange accommodation with the (often less than enthusiastic) civic authorities.’
- ‘Posted with the Quartermaster Corps, he held a number of positions, including the quartermaster at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.’
- ‘If only the quartermaster had supplied us with ammunition instead of tracts no one could decipher.’
- ‘Innovation, an unofficial principle of logistics, was applied successfully by Bataan quartermasters.’
- ‘Unknown to the Pastors however, the pills the quartermasters supplied them were vitamins and not the sedative drugs.’
- ‘Since Southern rails were scarcely equipped to carry even essential supplies, endowing the quartermaster with this authority often meant giving him plenipotentiary power over most railroad activities.’
- ‘He is the career quartermaster who watches the ribbons and medals pass him by.’
- ‘The first of Margo's sources, and the more novel, is the ‘Reports of Persons and Articles Hired’ that were made by the quartermasters of military installations.’
- ‘Of equal, if less spectacular, importance, the Empire's quartermasters and military engineers were the finest in the world.’
- ‘The Tarlac Advance Depot quartermaster, supporting the North Luzon force, broke his supplies up into division-size lots before withdrawing in the hopes that retreating units could grab them on the run.’
- ‘The quartermaster division has three sections: quartermaster; petroleum, oils, and lubricants; and subsistence.’
- ‘Although these vessels were contracted through the Army quartermaster, a naval officer - Lt George M. Totten - designed them.’
- ‘He was appointed quartermaster of a militia brigade and contributed his own money for the purpose.’
- ‘As a deployment builds up some quartermasters can find themselves short of kit and that could be the case here.’
- ‘A quartermaster for the First Battalion of the Light Infantry also told the committee that troops went into battle without grenade-launchers, night-vision goggles, desert boots, socks and uniforms.’
- ‘It later appeared that the quartermaster had ‘borrowed’ these when army supplies ran low after the Battle of Fredericksburg.’
2A naval petty officer with particular responsibility for steering and signals.
‘Typically, it's a boatswain's mate or a quartermaster running the ship, while an engineer and one or two seaman line handlers assist in the shipboard operations.’
- ‘While Darling and his shipmates were busy learning the ACD, the ship was steering course as usual, yet with the help of a new friend to the quartermaster.’
- ‘Steering was carried out from a position forward of this by a quartermaster manning the ship's wheel, which connected cables to the tiller flat below.’
- ‘The son of a quartermaster in the US Navy, Roche was born in Boston in 1928 and raised during the Depression.’
- ‘This was not difficult for Humphrey Bogart; he was, after all, the man who never made quartermaster in the Navy during World War I.’
- ‘A quartermaster works on Moreau's LCAC as a navigator.’
- ‘In fact, the Coast Guard allowed Sea Scouts with the rank of quartermaster to take the helm of the small boat during recovery operations with the Sockeye.’
- ‘Shortly before noon on Jan. 23, Bucher sat down to a lunch of meatloaf, succotash, mashed potatoes and gravy when Law, the ship's quartermaster, called down to the wardroom.’
- ‘They went belowdecks to the quarters of the quartermaster.’
- ‘Engine room artificers, boatswains, tugboat crews and quartermasters in the harbour master section (navigation branch) of the Sri Lanka Port Authority began an overtime boycott on November 12.’
- ‘Soon CGS Varuna was cast off, with her quartermaster and sailor saluting the two stationary IN survey ships, Sutlej and Jamuna.’
- ‘Two shares went to the captain, one and a half shares to the quartermaster, and one share each to the crew members.’
- ‘From nurses to barmen and quartermasters to waiters, more than 70 ex-crew gathered at the Cowherds pub on the Common - and there were plenty of tales to be shared.’