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quartermaster general

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noun

Military.
quartermasters general, plural quartermaster generals plural
  1. a general in command of the Quartermaster Corps.


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Etymology

Origin of quartermaster general

First recorded in 1695–1705

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Munir became army chief in November 2022 after serving in senior positions including as quartermaster general and Corps Commander Gujranwala.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

Munir is currently serving as the army's quartermaster general, in charge of supplies.

From Reuters • Nov. 24, 2022

John’s father, a former quartermaster general in the Boer War in South Africa, helped found the Army and Navy Store, a London-based department store chain with branches in Bombay and Calcutta.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2019

General in Chief Winfield Scott urged President Abraham Lincoln to name Meigs quartermaster general, lauding the engineer’s “‘high genius’ for science, engineering, and administration.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2016

As quartermaster general he supervised plans for the War Department Building, 1866-1867; the National Museum Building, 1876; and an extension of the Washington Aqueduct, 1876.

From Presentation Pieces in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper No. 47 [Smithsonian Institution] by Klapthor, Margaret Brown

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