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quartermaster general ExamplesWord Origin noun, plural quartermasters general, quartermaster generals. Military.
- a general in command of the Quartermaster Corps.
Origin of quartermaster general First recorded in 1695–1705 Examples from the Web for quartermaster general Historical Examples of quartermaster general
The Quartermaster-General had not been heard from for five months.
The Life of John Marshall (Volume 1 of 4)
Albert J. Beveridge
The duties of the Quartermaster-General in the Stavka were many-sided and complex.
Anton Ivanovich Denikin
The quartermaster-general will make all arrangements for me.
F. S. Brereton
Promptly they went to the quartermaster-general to report themselves.
F. S. Brereton
Didn’t you have some trouble about a bunch of cattle you sold to the Quartermaster-General?
John McElroy