"quartermaster" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈk(w)ɔɹtɚˌmæstɚ/ [General-American], /ˈkwɔːtɚˌmɑːstə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: quartermasters [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English quartermayster, quartermaistre, equivalent to quarter + master. Perhaps reinforced by and merged with Dutch kwartiermeester, kwartier-meester. Compare German Quartiermeister, French quartier-maître. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|quartermayster}} Middle English quartermayster, {{m|enm|quartermaistre}} quartermaistre, {{com|en|quarter|master}} quarter + master, {{bor|en|nl|kwartiermeester}} Dutch kwartiermeester, {{m|nl|kwartier-meester}} kwartier-meester, {{cog|de|Quartiermeister}} German Quartiermeister, {{cog|fr|quartier-maître}} French quartier-maître Head templates: {{en-noun}} quartermaster (plural quartermasters)
  1. (military) 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. Categories (topical): Military ranks
    Sense id: en-quartermaster-en-noun-Ya8g20sS Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (nautical) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master. Once master of the quarterdeck. Categories (topical): Nautical, People
    Sense id: en-quartermaster-en-noun-poqD2MUz Disambiguation of People: 37 63 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 85 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 83 3 Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: quarter-master, quarter master Derived forms: quartermaster general, quartermaster train Coordinate_terms: baggage train, wagonmaster Translations (officer responsible for supplies): proviantní důstojník [masculine] (Czech), kvartermester [common-gender] (Danish), majoitusmestari (Finnish), quartier-maître [masculine] (French), კვარტერმაისტერი (ḳvarṭermaisṭeri) (Georgian), ზემდეგი-მესაჭე (zemdegi-mesač̣e) (Georgian), Quartiermeister [masculine] (German), Steuermannsmaat [masculine] [nautical, transport] (German), אפסנאי (afsenai) [masculine] (Hebrew), מַלָּח בָּכִיר (malakh bakhir) [masculine] (Hebrew), הַגַּאי (hagay) [masculine] (Hebrew), furiero (Ido), quartermastro (Ido), ceathrúmháistir [masculine] (Irish), mainshtyr kerroo [masculine] (Manx), quartchi-maître [masculine] (Norman), kwatermistrz [masculine] (Polish), quartel-mestre [masculine] (Portuguese), квартирме́йстер (kvartirméjster) [masculine] (Russian), интенда́нт (intendánt) [masculine] (Russian), старшина́-рулево́й (staršiná-rulevój) [masculine] [nautical, transport] (Russian), kvartermästare [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'officer responsible for supplies': 53 47

Verb

IPA: /ˈk(w)ɔɹtɚˌmæstɚ/ [General-American], /ˈkwɔːtɚˌmɑːstə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: quartermasters [present, singular, third-person], quartermastering [participle, present], quartermastered [participle, past], quartermastered [past]
Etymology: From Middle English quartermayster, quartermaistre, equivalent to quarter + master. Perhaps reinforced by and merged with Dutch kwartiermeester, kwartier-meester. Compare German Quartiermeister, French quartier-maître. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|quartermayster}} Middle English quartermayster, {{m|enm|quartermaistre}} quartermaistre, {{com|en|quarter|master}} quarter + master, {{bor|en|nl|kwartiermeester}} Dutch kwartiermeester, {{m|nl|kwartier-meester}} kwartier-meester, {{cog|de|Quartiermeister}} German Quartiermeister, {{cog|fr|quartier-maître}} French quartier-maître Head templates: {{en-verb}} quartermaster (third-person singular simple present quartermasters, present participle quartermastering, simple past and past participle quartermastered)
  1. To act as a quartermaster
    Sense id: en-quartermaster-en-verb-c~UyHOMp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: quarter-master, quarter master

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        ],
        [
          "quarters",
          "quarters"
        ],
        [
          "provisions",
          "provisions"
        ],
        [
          "storage",
          "storage"
        ],
        [
          "stationery",
          "stationery"
        ],
        [
          "regiment",
          "regiment"
        ],
        [
          "superintend",
          "superintend"
        ],
        [
          "quartering",
          "quartering"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) 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."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master. Once master of the quarterdeck."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "helm",
          "helm"
        ],
        [
          "binnacle",
          "binnacle"
        ],
        [
          "signals",
          "signals"
        ],
        [
          "master",
          "master"
        ],
        [
          "quarterdeck",
          "quarterdeck"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master. Once master of the quarterdeck."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈk(w)ɔɹtɚˌmæstɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkwɔːtɚˌmɑːstə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "quarter-master"
    },
    {
      "word": "quarter master"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "officer responsible for supplies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "proviantní důstojník"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "officer responsible for supplies",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kvartermester"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "officer responsible for supplies",
      "word": "majoitusmestari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "officer responsible for supplies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quartier-maître"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳvarṭermaisṭeri",
      "sense": "officer responsible for supplies",
      "word": "კვარტერმაისტერი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "zemdegi-mesač̣e",
      "sense": "officer responsible for supplies",
      "word": "ზემდეგი-მესაჭე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "officer responsible for supplies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Quartiermeister"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "officer responsible for supplies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ],
      "word": "Steuermannsmaat"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "afsenai",
      "sense": "officer responsible for supplies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אפסנאי"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "malakh bakhir",
      "sense": "officer responsible for supplies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מַלָּח בָּכִיר"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hagay",
      "sense": "officer responsible for supplies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "הַגַּאי"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "officer responsible for supplies",
      "word": "furiero"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "officer responsible for supplies",
      "word": "quartermastro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "officer responsible for supplies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceathrúmháistir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "officer responsible for supplies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mainshtyr kerroo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "officer responsible for supplies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quartchi-maître"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "officer responsible for supplies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kwatermistrz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "officer responsible for supplies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quartel-mestre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kvartirméjster",
      "sense": "officer responsible for supplies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "квартирме́йстер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "intendánt",
      "sense": "officer responsible for supplies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "интенда́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "staršiná-rulevój",
      "sense": "officer responsible for supplies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ],
      "word": "старшина́-рулево́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "officer responsible for supplies",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kvartermästare"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:Quartermaster (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "quartermaster"
}

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    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Dutch",
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    "English terms derived from Middle English",
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      "args": {
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        "3": "quartermayster"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "quartermaistre",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "quarter",
        "3": "master"
      },
      "expansion": "quarter + master",
      "name": "com"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "kwartiermeester"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch kwartiermeester",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "kwartier-meester"
      },
      "expansion": "kwartier-meester",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Quartiermeister"
      },
      "expansion": "German Quartiermeister",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "quartier-maître"
      },
      "expansion": "French quartier-maître",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English quartermayster, quartermaistre, equivalent to quarter + master. Perhaps reinforced by and merged with Dutch kwartiermeester, kwartier-meester. Compare German Quartiermeister, French quartier-maître.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "quartermasters",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quartermastering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quartermastered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quartermastered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "quartermaster (third-person singular simple present quartermasters, present participle quartermastering, simple past and past participle quartermastered)",
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "quar‧ter‧mas‧ter"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "To act as a quartermaster"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quartermaster",
          "quartermaster"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈk(w)ɔɹtɚˌmæstɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkwɔːtɚˌmɑːstə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    {
      "word": "quarter-master"
    },
    {
      "word": "quarter master"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:Quartermaster (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "quartermaster"
}

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