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quarter-master

quarter-master is the archaic form of quartermaster.

Meaning of quartermaster

Noun

quartermaster (plural quartermasters)

  1. 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. Master of quartering.
  2. A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master. Once master of the quarterdeck.
  3. (scouting) A leadership position within a troop whose responsibility it is to track and maintain the troop's equipment, for example stoves, Dutch ovens, utensils, and tents.

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Forms of quarter-master

pluralquarter-masters

Questions about quarter-master

What is quarter-master the archaic form of?
Quarter-master is the archaic form of quartermaster.

Words near quarter-master in the dictionary

  1. quarter-hours
  2. quarter-ill
  3. quarter-jack
  4. quarter-life crises
  5. quarter-life crisis
  6. quarter-master
  7. quarter-masters
  8. quarter-mile
  9. quarter-miler
  10. quarter-milers
  11. quarter-muncher

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