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单词 quartermaster
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quartermaster in British English

(ˈkwɔːtəˌmɑːstə)
noun
1. 
an officer responsible for accommodation, food, and equipment in a military unit
2. 
a rating in the navy, usually a petty officer, with particular responsibility for steering a ship and other navigational duties

quartermaster in American English

(ˈkwɔrtərˌmæstər)
noun
1.  Military
an officer whose duty it is to provide troops with quarters, clothing, equipment, etc.
2.  Nautical
a petty officer or mate trained to steer a ship, perform navigational duties, etc.

Examples of 'quartermaster' in a sentence
quartermaster

The quartermaster was always as important to warfare as the general.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Often they became the quartermasters of the movement.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Instead it was being used by quartermaster staff.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
My late husband was a quartermaster in the Seventies.
The Sun (2011)
This apportions the body's food supplies rather as a grudging quartermaster distributes equipment in a forces barracks.
Erdmann, Robert & Jones, Meirion Fats, Nutrition and Health (1991)
My father was the sergeant quartermaster, and had to wear shoes because he always fell over in boots.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
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