different between quarters vs quartermaster

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kw??t?z/, /?k??t?z/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kw??t?z/

Noun

quarters

1. plural of quarter.

Noun

quarters

1. (plural only, military) Housing, barracks or other habitation or living space. Compare cuarto.
2. (by extension) The place where someone or something lives
   • 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)[2]

     The local pet trade thrives on captured or orphaned baby macaques—often malnourished and kept in tight quarters.

3. A commonly played university drinking game in North America.
4. Quarterfinals.

Verb

quarters

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quarter

Translations

Catalan

Noun

quarters

1. plural of quarter

French

Noun

quarters m

1. plural of quarter

English

Alternative forms

• quarter-master

Etymology

From Dutch kwartiermeester, kwartier-meester. Compare German Quartiermeister and French quartier-maître. Surface analysis quarter +? master.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k(w)??t??mæst?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kw??t??m??st?/
• Hyphenation: quar?ter?mas?ter

Noun

quartermaster (plural quartermasters)

1. (military) An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies.
2. (nautical) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master.

Translations

Verb

quartermaster (third-person singular simple present quartermasters, present participle quartermastering, simple past and past participle quartermastered)

1. To act as a quartermaster