quartermaster

2 definitions • 4 examples

an officer responsible for arranging accommodation (= a place to live), supplies, and equipment for a military group :

Whatever is needed in the field, the quartermasters get it there.

They all visited the quartermaster's stores for a demob suit.

in the navy, an officer responsible for controlling the direction of a ship and for signals :

Roche was the son of a naval quartermaster.

In a 10-year stint as a Navy quartermaster he got used to six-month deployments.