an officer responsible for accommodation, food, and equipment for an entire army
2.
a general officer responsible for the Quartermaster Corps
quartermaster general in American English
nounWord forms: pluralquartermasters general or quartermaster generals
Military
a general in command of the Quartermaster Corps
Word origin
[1695–1705]This word is first recorded in the period 1695–1705. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: assemblage, caisson, exponential, pinwheel, telescopic