quartermaster
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++quar·ter·mas·ter /ˈkwɔːtəˌmɑːstə $ ˈkwɔːrtərˌmæstər/ noun [countable] 1. PMa military officer in charge of providing food, uniforms etc 军需官2. PMNa ship’s officer in charge of signals and guiding the ship on the right course 舵手
Examples from the Corpus
quartermaster• Geoffrey as quartermaster issued Joe with three kilos of rice, a couple of dried cabbage, and some dried pork.• Bauthumley fought for Parliament and rose to be quartermaster in Colonel Cox's regiment.• A 23-year-old man arrested with false papers was described as a Provo quartermaster.• The coxswain and the quartermaster were killed at the wheel, and Nigel Tibbets took the helm.• This hope, however, diminished as a result of something done by the quartermaster department.• The army offered a commission in the quartermaster corps, but Frank proudly refused and gamely enlisted as a private.quar·ter·mas·ter nounChineseSyllable
etc officer providing charge food, in a Corpus uniforms military of
quartermaster
quar‧ter‧mas‧ter /ˈkwɔːtəˌmɑːstə $ ˈkwɔːrtərˌmæstər/
noun [countable]
1. a military officer in charge of providing food, uniforms etc
2. a ship’s officer in charge of signals and guiding the ship on the right course
quar‧ter‧mas‧ter /ˈkwɔːtəˌmɑːstə $ ˈkwɔːrtərˌmæstər/
noun [countable]1. a military officer in charge of providing food, uniforms etc
2. a ship’s officer in charge of signals and guiding the ship on the right course