Definition of "quartermaster" []

• An officer responsible for the food, clothing, and equipment of troops. (noun)
• A petty officer responsible for the steering of a ship. (noun)

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• "McKevitt was the Provisional IRA's so-called 'quartermaster' until the late 1990s during which he was in charge of its guns, explosives and ammunition dumps."
• "Billy Stobie, the UDA so-called quartermaster who provided the weapons used to shoot the lawyer was later revealed as an RUC Special Branch agent."
• "It was quite evident the quartermaster was the fittest man for the mission."