Quartermaster
Quartermaster , noun
[Quarter + master: compare French quartier-maître.]
1.
(Military) 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.
2.
(Nautical) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master. — Totten
Collocations (2)
Quartermaster general (Military) , in the United States a staff officer, who has the rank of brigadier general and is the chief officer in the quartermaster's department; in England, an officer of high rank stationed at the War Office having similar duties; also, a staff officer, usually a general officer, accompanying each complete army in the field.
Quartermaster sergeant , See Sergeant.