Helm vs Quartermaster - What's the difference?
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(nautical) The steering apparatus of a ship, especially the tiller or wheel.
(maritime) The member of the crew in charge of steering the boat.
(figurative) A position of leadership or control.
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One at the place of direction or control; a guide; a director.
* Shakespeare
(heraldry) A helmet.
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A helve.
To be a helmsman or a member of the helm; to be in charge of steering the boat.
* Tennyson
(by extension) To lead (a project, etc.).
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* Shakespeare
(archaic) A helmet.
:* Luken sweord longe, leiden o þe helmen . — Layamon's Brut, 1275
:: (They drew their swords and put on their helmen .)
:* Þe helm of hel and þe swerd of þe Spirit. — An Apology for Lollard Doctrines, Attributed to Wycliffe, 1475
:* The kynge Ban be-gan to laugh vndir his helme . — Merlin, 1500
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A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain.
(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.
(nautical) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master.
In nautical terms the difference between helm and quartermaster
is that helm is the steering apparatus of a ship, especially the tiller or wheel while quartermaster is a petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master.As a verb helm
is to be a helmsman or a member of the helm; to be in charge of steering the boat.As a proper noun Helm
is the only named wind in the British Isles. Blows westward form the Pennine fells over Cumbria and is often accompanied by a line of clouds on top of the hills called the Helm Bar.helm
English
(wikipedia helm)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- the helm of the Commonwealth
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- the helms o' the State, who care for you like fathers
Derived terms
* at the helm * take the helmVerb
(en verb)- A wild wave overbears the bark, / And him that helms it.
John Grant with the Royal Northern Sinfonia review – positively spine-tingling", The Guardian , 1 December 2014:
- “I wanted to change the world, but I could not even change my underwear,” sings John Grant at the piano, in a luxuriant baritone croon as thick and healthy as his beard. It’s hard to reconcile the guy who once struggled to so much as put on clean pants back in the bad old days – well-storied, not least through his own songs – with the one warmly and gracefully helming this complex, prestigious production – the penultimate date on a tour of packed concert halls, backed by an orchestra.
- the business he hath helmed
Etymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) (m), (etyl) . Compare (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m).Noun
(en-noun)citation, genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage="A fearful apparition," murmured Norman of Torn. "No wonder he keeps his helm closed." }}
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