quartermaster

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments  · 
“
Should you still find yourself deficient, your quartermaster will be authorized to make up the deficiency from such transports as may come into the port of Memphis On arriving in Memphis put yourself in communication with Admiral Porter, and arrange with him for his cooperation Inform me at the earliest practicable day of the time when you will embark, and such plans as may then be matured.

View all »
Definitions (9)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (2)

  1. noun An officer responsible for the food, clothing, and equipment of troops.
  2. noun A petty officer responsible for the steering of a ship.

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (5)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (1)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (1)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (50)

  • A quartermaster is accountable for all the post money and keeps the financial records.
  • He pointed to the fact that in half the regiments around us the quartermaster was allowed to have his sergeant for a tent-mate if he wanted to; and if Colonel Raymond had any objections, why didn't he say so before they left the state? —  A War-Time Wooing A Story
  • In some way he feels that the disappearance of the quartermaster is a connecting link in the chain of circumstance. —  A War-Time Wooing A Story
  • Ward the quartermaster was there before them; and he had a rough tent in which to receive the officers of the two companies, and he treated them to ginger-beer and tea. —  For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War
  • Silently he looked on as the quartermaster, the engineer, and a staff officer from Omaha paced off certain lines, took shots with their instruments at neighboring heights, and sampled the sparkling waters of the Fork. —  Warrior Gap A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68.
More examples »
 

Tags

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 34 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Etymologies (1)

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. = Dutch kwartiermeester = German quartiermeister = Swedish qvartermästare = Danish kvarteermester; as quarter + master.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »
/ˈkwɔrtərmæstər/
by American Heritage

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word about twice a month.

Recently looked up

eye-witness · minutiae · turpitude · cynical · famine

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

britney · bunda · settii · aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile · an sionnach i gcraiceann na caorach