QUARTERMASTER
\kwˈɔːtəmˌastə], \kwˈɔːtəmˌastə], \k_w_ˈɔː_t_ə_m_ˌa_s_t_ə]\
Definitions of QUARTERMASTER
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master.
By Oddity Software
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A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master.
By Noah Webster.
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In the army, an officer whose duty it is to assign lodgings and provide food, clothing, and other supplies, for soldiers; in the navy, a petty officer who attends to the steering, signals, stowage, etc., of ships.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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An officer who looks after the quarters of the soldiers, and attends to the supplies: (naut.) a petty officer who attends to the helm, signals, etc.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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