headquarter

[ hed-kwawr-ter, -kwaw- ]

/ ˈhɛdˌkwɔr tər, -ˌkwɔ- /

verb (used with object)

to situate in headquarters.

verb (used without object)

to establish one's headquarters.

Nearby words

headnote, headphone, headphones, headpiece, headpin, headquarter, headquartered, headquarters, headrace, headrail, headreach

Origin of headquarter

back formation from headquarters

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Examples from the Web for headquarter

I seen some dandy paper with pink roses stampeding all over it at the Headquarter Store.
The Long Dim Trail|Forrestine C. Hooker
Napoleon Bonaparte served in these affairs on the headquarter staff.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2|Various
In front of these headquarter tents were seated three officers comfortably smoking pipes and chatting together pleasantly.
The Boy Spy|Joseph Kerby
Those guides were absolutely necessary in order to get us back to the headquarter farm.
Bullets & Billets|Bruce Bairnsfather

I selected a field near the roadside for Headquarter waggon lines.
Pushed and the Return Push|George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)

British Dictionary definitions for headquarter

headquarter

/ (ˌhɛdˈkwɔːtə) /

verb

informal, mainly US to place in or establish as headquarters

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