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QUARTERMASTER GENERAL

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Dictionary entry overview: What does quartermaster general mean?

• QUARTERMASTER GENERAL (noun)
The noun QUARTERMASTER GENERAL has 1 sense:

1. a staff officer in charge of supplies for a whole army

Familiarity information: QUARTERMASTER GENERAL used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• QUARTERMASTER GENERAL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A staff officer in charge of supplies for a whole army

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("quartermaster general" is a kind of...):

staff officer (a commissioned officer assigned to a military commander's staff)

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