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outquarter

outquarter verb: to quarter (someone) away from headquarters.

Verb

outquarter (third-person singular simple present outquarters, present participle outquartering, simple past and past participle outquartered)

  1. (transitive) To quarter (someone) away from headquarters.
    • Part of the regiment […] had its outquarters at Hampton Court, and the other part was outquartered at Kensington […]2025, Douglas S. Russell, Winston Churchill, Soldier

Forms of outquarter

third-person singular presentoutquarters
present participleoutquartering
past participleoutquartered
pastoutquartered

Origin of outquarter

From out- + quarter.

Questions about outquarter

What does outquarter mean?
Outquarter means to quarter (someone) away from headquarters.
What part of speech is outquarter?
Outquarter is a verb.
What is the past tense of outquarter?
The past tense of outquarter is outquartered.

Words near outquarter in the dictionary

  1. outputting
  2. outputts
  3. outqualified
  4. outqualify
  5. outqualifying
  6. outquarter
  7. outquartered
  8. outquartering
  9. outquarters
  10. outqueen
  11. outqueened

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