different between stationery vs quartermaster

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ste??(?)n(?)?i/
• (US) enPR: st??sh?-n?r-?, IPA^(key): /?ste???n??i/
• Homophone: stationary

Etymology 1

stationer +? -y

Noun

stationery (usually uncountable, plural stationeries)

1. writing materials, envelopes, office materials

   When school finished, he threw all of his stationery away, as he no longer had any need for pencils and exercise books.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:stationery

Translations

Etymology 2

Adjective

stationery

1. Misspelling of stationary.

Anagrams

• tyrosinate

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