'Quartermaster' definitions:
Definition of 'quartermaster'
From: WordNet
noun
An army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops
Definition of 'Quartermaster'
From: GCIDE
- Quartermaster \Quar"ter*mas`ter\, n. [Quarter + master: cf. F. quartier-ma[^i]tre.]
- 1. (Mil.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Naut.) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
- Quartermaster general (Mil.), in the United States a staff officer, who has the rank of brigadier general and is the chief officer in the quartermaster's department; in England, an officer of high rank stationed at the War Office having similar duties; also, a staff officer, usually a general officer, accompanying each complete army in the field.
- Quartermaster sergeant. See Sergeant. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'quartermaster'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- boatswain,
- captain,
- caterer,
- chandler,
- chief engineer,
- chief mate,
- commander,
- commissariat,
- commissary,
- deck officer,
- donor,
- furnisher,
- manciple,
- master,
- mate,
- merchant,
- naval officer,
- navigating officer,
- navigator,
- OD,
- patron,
- pipes,
- provider,
- provisioner,
- purveyor,
- retailer,
- sailing master,
- second mate,
- shipmaster,
- skipper,
- steward,
- stock clerk,
- storekeeper,
- supplier,
- sutler,
- the Old Man,
- victualer,
- vivandier,
- watch officer