quartermaster

IPA: kwˈɔrtɝmæstɝ

(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. Master of quartering.
(nautical) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master. Once master of the quarterdeck.

Examples of "quartermaster" in Sentences

"Helm doesn't answer, sir," called the quartermaster at the wheel.
It was quite evident the quartermaster was the fittest man for the mission.
The quartermaster was a very intelligent fellow, and he took in the situation at a glance.
In some way he feels that the disappearance of the quartermaster is a connecting link in the chain of circumstance.
Benjamin, who didn 't give his last name, showed us around the town and told us he had acted as a kind of quartermaster during the filming.
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.
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.
The clerk looked up from his desk and said he was sorry, but the quartermaster was the only man who knew the combination, and he had gone over to Camp Merritt.
For the punishment of small offences which are not provided for by the articles, and which are not of consequence enough to be left to a jury, there is a principal officer among the pirates, called the quartermaster, of the men's own choosing, who claims all authority this way, excepting in time of battle.