The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quartermaster \Quar"ter*mas`ter\, n. [Quarter + master: cf. F. quartier-ma[^i]tre.]
(Mil.) 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.
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(Naut.) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master.
--Totten.Quartermaster general (Mil.), in the United States a staff officer, who has the rank of brigadier general and is the chief officer in the quartermaster's department; in England, an officer of high rank stationed at the War Office having similar duties; also, a staff officer, usually a general officer, accompanying each complete army in the field.
Quartermaster sergeant. See Sergeant.
Wikipedia
Quartermaster sergeant (QMS) is a class of rank or appointment in some armed forces, especially those of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, and formerly also in the United States.
Usage examples of "quartermaster sergeant".
It was odd to see a sweating teamster cuss out her horses, and have a broken strap on Jeb's headstall repaired by a handy-woman quartermaster sergeant.
In one company dinner was ready, and the soldiers were gazing eagerly at the steaming boiler, waiting till the sample, which a quartermaster sergeant was carrying in a wooden bowl to an officer who sat on a log before his shelter, had been tasted.
The regimental quartermaster sergeant had got his hands on a consignment of chops, sausages, mushrooms, and all the other ingredients of a good fry-up.
We labeled it and handed it in to the squadron quartermaster sergeant.
Followed by the air quartermaster sergeant who would be the only other occupant of the Dominie on its flight to Ben-Gurion, they went up the steps without a backward glance and settled into their seats.