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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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Examples
He is the career quartermaster who watches the ribbons and medals pass him by.
If only the quartermaster had supplied us with ammunition instead of tracts no one could decipher.
The son of a quartermaster in the US Navy, Roche was born in Boston in 1928 and raised during the Depression.
Soon CGS Varuna was cast off, with her quartermaster and sailor saluting the two stationary IN survey ships, Sutlej and Jamuna.
In the meantime, with makeshift materials, Davis created factories for producing powder, cannon, side arms, and quartermaster stores.
He was often breveted for gallantry, and became quartermaster general of the U.S. Army.

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