quartermaster general
noun,plural quartermasters general, quartermaster generals.Military.
a general in command of the Quartermaster Corps.
Origin of quartermaster general
1First recorded in 1695–1705
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How to use quartermaster general in a sentence
In a word, he had the gift of a great quartermaster-general rather than of a commander-in-chief.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonSir George was busy scanning the country, and pointing out various spots to the Quartermaster-general.
The British Expedition to the Crimea | William Howard RussellMack, the Austrian quartermaster-general, came to London and laid a plan of campaign before the ministers.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William HuntOfficers on the staff of our Quartermaster-General reconnoitred the country to a radius of ten miles and more around our camp.
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army | Charles Alexander GordonWe had come away together from the Quartermaster-General's, where we had played rather high at bouillotte.
Parisians in the Country | Honore de Balzac
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