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Quartermaster
Quartermaster is a term usually referring to a military individual, or unit, who specializes in supplying and provisioning troops. In nautical usage it is a completely different specialization and it means a navigator on a ship and is derived from the phrase master of the quarterdeck as the helm was located in the quarterdeck.
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