Get to know Quartermaster better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Quartermaster meaning
- 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. Master of quartering.
- A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master. Once master of the quarterdeck.
- A leadership position within a troop whose responsibility it is to track and maintain the troop's equipment, for example stoves, Dutch ovens, utensils, and tents.
Synonyms of Quartermaster
Using Quartermaster
- The main meaning on this page is: 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. Master of quartering. | A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master. Once master of the quarterdeck. | A leadership position within a troop whose responsibility it is to track and maintain the troop's equipment, for example stoves, Dutch ovens, utensils, and tents.
- Useful related words include: army officer.
- In the example corpus, quartermaster often appears in combinations such as: the quartermaster, quartermaster general, th quartermaster.
Context around Quartermaster
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Quartermaster
- In this selection, "quartermaster" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 3535th, 55th, grenadier, general, truck and company stand out and add context to how "quartermaster" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and his quartermaster william howard and and the quartermaster general s. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "quartermaster" sits close to words such as aaj, aal and aalto, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with quartermaster
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Quartermaster (Strategist) will decrease the cooldown time. (7 words)
It has also converted former quartermaster’s stores into five townhouses and two apartments. (14 words)
If any man do not, the quartermaster shall knock the piece out of his hand. (15 words)
At this point, the US Army was about to embark on a national mobilization, and it was the task of the Construction Division of the Quartermaster Corps to prepare the necessary accommodations and training facilities for the vast army that would be created. (43 words)
Six passengers and a pilot were on board the Papillion Grand Canyon Helicopters chopper when it crashed under unknown circumstances on Saturday evening on the Hualapai Nation’s land near Quartermaster Canyon, by the Grand Canyon’s West Rim. (39 words)
In a letter to the Quartermaster General (QMG) dated December 24, 1941, the Adjutant General formally requested action be initiated to create a Meritorious Service Medal and provide designs in the event the decoration was established. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
A Black member of the 3535th Quartermaster Truck Company guides a 2-ton truck to the field grease pit where he stands.
For many of them, this will be their first Thanksgiving away from home,” said Zhu, who is assigned to the 55th Quartermaster Company, Europe’s first field feeding company.
Ineos has announced that it will unveil its new Grenadier Quartermaster pick-up at next month’s Goodwood Festival of Speed.
It has also converted former quartermaster’s stores into five townhouses and two apartments.
Quartermaster (Strategist) will decrease the cooldown time.
He served at Jefferson Barracks as a clerk in the quartermaster’s department, equipping soldiers in the Spanish-American War.
On March 6, deputy director in the CID Department, Isaac Norman told that they arrested assistant superintendent Michael Makata at Quartermaster section in Zomba after he was found with cartons of police uniforms.
The blast killed Squadron Quartermaster Corporal Roy Bright, 36, Lieutenant Dennis Daly, 23, Trooper Simon Tipper, 19, and Lance Corporal Jeffrey Young, also 19, as they rode to attend the changing of the guard.
As the “technical backbone” of the Army, warrant officers are the foundation for the Army’s ability to execute the tactical support mission, said Brig. Gen. Doug McBride, Quartermaster General.
Six passengers and a pilot were on board the Papillion Grand Canyon Helicopters chopper when it crashed under unknown circumstances on Saturday evening on the Hualapai Nation’s land near Quartermaster Canyon, by the Grand Canyon’s West Rim.
At this point, the US Army was about to embark on a national mobilization, and it was the task of the Construction Division of the Quartermaster Corps to prepare the necessary accommodations and training facilities for the vast army that would be created.
Born in Ireland in 1741, he came to America at an early age, was Deputy Quartermaster General in the Continental Army, and the first Grand Commander of the Supreme Council.
Fleet escapes the sinking ship aboard Lifeboat 6. * Paul Brightwell as Quartermaster Robert Hichens : One of the ship's six quartermasters and at the ship's wheel at the time of collision.
If any man do not, the quartermaster shall knock the piece out of his hand.
In a letter to the Quartermaster General (QMG) dated December 24, 1941, the Adjutant General formally requested action be initiated to create a Meritorious Service Medal and provide designs in the event the decoration was established.
In the August of 1862, Barton finally gained permission from Quartermaster Daniel Rucker to work on the front lines.
Mifflin asked to be relieved of the job of Quartermaster General, but was persuaded to resume those duties because Congress was having difficulty finding a replacement.
Proposed designs prepared by Bailey, Banks and Biddle and the Office of the Quartermaster General were provided to Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel Colonel Heard) by the QMG on January 5, 1942.
Teach and his quartermaster, William Howard,Benjamin Hornigold may at this time have already parted company with Teach and his two vessels.
The Army Office had three major departments; the General (G) Staff to oversee operations, the Adjutant General 's (A) Staff administration and the Quartermaster General 's (Q) Staff to handle logistics.
Common combinations with quartermaster
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the quartermaster 7×
- quartermaster general 6×
- th quartermaster 2×