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ˈhead-ˈquarters, n. pl.
Also headquarters. (Rarely sing. head-quarter.)
[f. head n.1 71.]
1. Milit.
a. The residence, permanent or temporary, of the commander-in-chief of an army; the place whence a commander's orders are issued.
1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. vi. §80 Edge-hill..where the head-quarters of the earl was. 1660Trial Regic. 158 The head-quarters of the Army were at Windsor. 1767T. Hutchinson Hist. Mass. II. iii. 279 To repair to the head quarters on the..western frontiers. 1837W. Irving Capt. Bonneville I. 12 He..was on his way to report himself at head⁓quarters, in the hopes of being reinstated in the service.
b. The officers belonging to head-quarters.
1812in A. H. Craufurd Craufurd & Light Div. (1891) 218 Lord Wellington and the whole of head-quarters moved in the mournful procession. 1893W. Forbes-Mitchell Remin. Gt. Mutiny 5 It turned out to be the Mauritius with head⁓quarters on board.
c. ‘The man of war, or transport, which carries the staff on an expedition’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.).
2. A chief or central place of residence, meeting, or business; a centre of operations.
1780A. Young Tour in Ireland 382 A good line in which to view these objects is..to make Dobbin's inn, at Ballyporeen, the head quarters, and view them from thence. 1809J. M'Mahon in G. L. Wardle Charges against Duke of York 235 Although he has returned to town for the season as his head-quarters, he makes two or three days excursions from it as often as he can. 1834G. Crabbe Jun. Life G. Crabbe ix. 270 Mr. Crabbe, in subsequent years, made Hampstead his head-quarters on his spring visits. 1836Dickens Let. ?22 Aug. (1965) I. 168, I shall be at head quarters by 12 Wednesday Noon. 1851D. Jerrold St. Giles xix. 202 Whereupon the canvassing party returned to their head-quarters. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. xxiii. 161 The Mattmark hotel, which was to be my head-quarters for a few days. 1888Burgon Lives 12 Gd. Men I. ii 178 Sound guidance..and a strong continuous impulse from head-quarters. 1922E. Wallace Crimson Circle v. 34, I didn't think that head-quarters had much use for private men like you. Ibid. vi. 37 We view with consternation the seeming helplessness of police head-quarters to deal with this criminal gang. 1929A. Christie Partners in Crime xi. 107 The local Inspector of Police had unemotionally arrested the second footman who proved to be a thief well known at headquarters.
3. attrib., usually in form head-quarter.
1879Lubbock Addr. Pol. & Educ. i. 5 For recruiting expenses, headquarter expenses, or non-effective charges. 1887Rider Haggard Jess 194, I must drive round by the headquarter camp to explain about my going. |