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What is a quartermaster?

What is a quartermaster? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  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.
  2. (nautical) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master.
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Posted with the Quartermaster Corps, he held a number of positions, including the quartermaster at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Each boat carries about 120 oarsmen whose commander is sailor, sapper, swordsman, quartermaster and general.
During the Civil War Gilmer held a variety of staff positions, including quartermaster and adjutant general of the Hilliard Alabama Legion.
Two shares went to the captain, one and a half shares to the quartermaster, and one share each to the crew members.
If only the quartermaster had supplied us with ammunition instead of tracts no one could decipher.
Soon CGS Varuna was cast off, with her quartermaster and sailor saluting the two stationary IN survey ships, Sutlej and Jamuna.

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