quartermaster – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
quartermaster
n.
petty ship officer; army officer responsible for providing troops with basic necessities (such as housing, clothing, etc.)
Quartermaster
Quartermaster is a
military or
naval term, the meaning of which depends on the country and service.
quartermaster
Noun
1. an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops
(hypernym) army officer
Quartermaster
(n.)
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.
(n.)
A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
quartermaster
Synonyms and related words:
OD, boatswain, captain, caterer, chandler, chief engineer, chief mate, commander, commissariat, commissary, deck officer, donor, furnisher, manciple, master, mate, merchant, naval officer, navigating officer, navigator, patron, pipes, provider, provisioner, purveyor, retailer, sailing master, second mate, shipmaster, skipper, steward, stock clerk, storekeeper, supplier, sutler, the Old Man, victualer, vivandier, watch officer
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
