headquarter

[hed-kwawr-ter, -kwaw-]

verb (used with object)

to situate in headquarters.

verb (used without object)

to establish one's headquarters.

Origin of headquarter

back formation from headquarters

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Historical Examples of headquarter

Then came the headquarter staff followed by the 42d and Naval Brigade.
By Sheer Pluck
G. A. Henty
The company of the 23d was to proceed with the headquarter staff.
By Sheer Pluck
G. A. Henty
At the headquarter camp John went in and explained the circumstances of his departure.
Jess
H. Rider Haggard
Soon thereafter,64 the Headquarter portion of the regiment was on board the Monarch, and away from India homeward bound.
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army
Charles Alexander Gordon
Napoleon Bonaparte served in these affairs on the headquarter staff.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2
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British Dictionary definitions for headquarter

headquarter

verb

informal, mainly US to place in or establish as headquarters

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