"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, {{com|en|quarter|master}} quarter + master, {{bor|en|nl|kwartiermeester}} Dutch kwartiermeester, {{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
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  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. Categories (topical): Scouting
    Sense id: en-quartermaster-en-noun-lIiyFH9m
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), 병참장교 (byeongchamjanggyo) (Korean), интендант (intendant) [masculine] (Macedonian), 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': 47 42 11

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, {{com|en|quarter|master}} quarter + master, {{bor|en|nl|kwartiermeester}} Dutch kwartiermeester, {{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-mK1QV~fg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: quarter-master, quarter master

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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