An army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops.

Roget 637: provision, supply; grist, grist for the mill; subvention etc. (aid) 707; resources etc. (means) 632; groceries, grocery.    providing etc. v.; purveyance; reinforcement, reenforcement^†; commissariat.    provender etc. (food) 298; ensilage; viaticum.    caterer, purveyor, commissary, quartermaster, manciple^†, feeder, batman, victualer, grocer, comprador [Sp.], restaurateur; jackal, pelican; sutler etc. (merchant) 797^†.    grocery shop, grocery store.    ... show more

Dutch: kwartiermeester
Polish: kwatermistrz