Home › Words › Q › quartermistressquartermistressquartermistress means A female quartermaster.EtymologyFrom quarter + mistress.nounA female quartermaster.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.shipmistress 59% match — A female shipmaster. vs quartermistress →commanderess 59% match — A female commander. vs quartermistress →taskmistress 58% match — A woman who assigns tasks; a female overseer. vs quartermistress →jobmistress 58% match — A female job master (one who lets out horses and carriages). vs quartermistress →dockmistress 58% match — A female dockmaster. vs quartermistress →warderess 56% match — A female warder. vs quartermistress →officeress 56% match — A female officer. vs quartermistress →sergeantess 55% match — A female sergeant. vs quartermistress →