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Quartermaster vs Quartermistress - What's the difference?

quartermaster | quartermistress |

As nouns the difference between quartermaster and quartermistress

is that quartermaster is 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 while quartermistress is a female quartermaster.

quartermaster

English

Alternative forms

* quarter-master

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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.

    • quartermistress

    English

    Noun

    (quartermistresses)
  • A female quartermaster.