quartermaster : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a staff officer in charge of supplies for a whole army
  

WordNet

• (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.

Webster 1913

• . See Sergeant.

Webster 1913