quartermaster

[US]/'kwɔːtəmɑːstə/
[UK]/'kwɔtə,mæstɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.officer in charge of supplies and provisions;helmsman
Word Forms

Example Sentences

The quartermaster is in charge of stores.

in charge of: the Quartermaster General is i/c rations.

The quartermaster is responsible for managing the supplies and equipment.

The quartermaster issued new uniforms to the soldiers.

The quartermaster kept detailed records of all transactions.

The quartermaster inspected the inventory to ensure everything was accounted for.

The quartermaster organized the storage of food rations.

The quartermaster requisitioned additional supplies for the upcoming mission.

The quartermaster distributed ammunition to the troops before the battle.

The quartermaster worked closely with logistics to coordinate supply deliveries.

The quartermaster ensured that the soldiers had adequate clothing and gear for the harsh winter.

The quartermaster played a crucial role in maintaining the army's readiness and efficiency.

Real-world Examples

What better way to catch a rat than with quartermaster cheese?

Source: Suits Season 3

Order of the quartermaster, who is no longer speaking with you.

Source: Suits Season 3

Up and down the dusty roads sped the soldiers of the quartermaster corps, also in side-cars.

Source: Beauty and Destruction (Part 2)

You need to get rid of him as quartermaster.

Source: Suits Season 3

He was both the commander and quartermaster, so he often argued with himself  over supplies, even rejecting his own requests!

Source: Charming history

You're not gonna trick me into letting you stay quartermaster just so you can take away what's most dear to me little by little.

Source: Suits Season 3

Her husband, formerly a quartermaster in the Imperial guard, who had been desperately wounded at Austerlitz, and had since retired, still retained, in spite of his respect for Grandet, the seeming frankness of an old soldier.

Source: Eugénie Grandet

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