Quartermaster, in the army an officer whose duty it is to look after the quarters, clothing, rations, stores, ammunition, &c., of the regiment, and in the navy a petty officer who has to see to the stowage, steerage, soundings, &c., of the ship.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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