QM


abbreviation
  1. Also Q.M. quartermaster.

Other definitions for q.m. (2 of 2)

q.m.

abbreviation
  1. (in prescriptions) every morning.

Origin of q.m.

2
From Latin quoque matutino

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How to use QM in a sentence

  • But Hansen was a Q. M. sergeant an' put on dog, an' had reenlisted pay an' all, an' it cut a big figger with her.

  • Now nothing is more important than the Q. M. department, and trained men are needed there as well as anywhere else.

    At Plattsburg | Allen French
  • My dear Q. M., when you have had a headache, has it ever fallen to your lot to be in the company of a pretty woman?

    The Cockaynes in Paris | Blanchard Jerrold
  • She had been clerk in the Q. M. corps and after her brother's death she asked for service near the front, something hard.

  • At the wagon lines we persuaded the Q-M to loan us horses for the balance of the journey, which he cheerfully consented to do.

    S.O.S. Stand to! | Reginald Grant

British Dictionary definitions for QM (1 of 2)

QM

abbreviation for
  1. Quartermaster

British Dictionary definitions for q.m. (2 of 2)

q.m.

abbreviation for(in prescriptions)
  1. quaque mane

Origin of q.m.

2
Latin: every morning

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