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billet-master

billet-master noun: an officer whose job is to assign billets to soldiers.

Noun

billet-master (plural billet-masters)

  1. An officer whose job is to assign billets to soldiers.
    • At last he met a man, of whom he asked the way to Mr. Barry's. "To Mr. Barry's?" said the man; "what Barry is it you want?" "I can't say exactly in the dark," returned the soldier. "Mr. What's-his-name, the billet-master, has given me the direction on my billet; but he said it was a large house...1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 538

Forms of billet-master

pluralbillet-masters

Questions about billet-master

What does billet-master mean?
Billet-master means an officer whose job is to assign billets to soldiers.
What part of speech is billet-master?
Billet-master is a noun.
What is the plural of billet-master?
The plural of billet-master is billet-masters.

Words near billet-master in the dictionary

  1. billet
  2. billet barge
  3. billet barges
  4. billet reading
  5. billet-doux
  6. billet-master
  7. billet-masters
  8. billetable
  9. billeted
  10. billetee
  11. billetees

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