Military. A regimental officer with the duties of administering barracks, laying out camps, and looking after rations, ammunition, and other supplies.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > quartermaster (16) quartermaster1590 Military. A regimental officer with the duties of administering barracks, laying out camps, and looking after rations, ammunition, and other supplies. fourrier1678 A quartermaster. Also brigadier-fourrier (see quot. 1895). Q.M.1791 quartermaster. quartermaster captain1846 an officer in the Quartermaster Corps of the U.S. Army with the rank of captain. Q1916 Of English words. British. Military. In form Q (without point). = quartermaster, n., quartermaster general, n., or quartermaster sergeant n. at qua… quarter1917 Military slang. (a) = quartermaster sergeant n. at quartermaster, n. compounds; (b) = quartermaster, n. 1a. Also in plural. Now rare. quarter-bloke1918 a quartermaster or quartermaster sergeant. quarter jack1930 Military slang. = quartermaster, n. 3. rare. Subcategories:— position of (2) — woman (1) — subordinate quartermaster (3) — barrack-master (2) |
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