Headquarters
[hed'kwɔːtəz] or ['hɛdkwɔrtɚz]
Definition
(noun.) the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command; 'the general's headquarters were a couple of large tents'.
(noun.) (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise; 'many companies have their headquarters in New York'.
(noun.) (plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff.
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Definition
(n. sing.) The quarters or place of residence of any chief officer, as the general in command of an army, or the head of a police force; the place from which orders or instructions are issued; hence, the center of authority or order.
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Examples
- Their headquarters lay in the southwest corner of this district, near the crossing of two of the so-called Martian canals. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- My headquarters were still at Dabney's saw-mills. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Take these to the two comrades in the guard room and direct them to General Golz's headquarters, Karkov said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I returned to my old headquarters outside in the afternoon, and did not move into the town until the sixth. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Thompson moved light and had no fixed place for even nominal headquarters. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Orders were given to all the commanders engaged at Shiloh to send in their reports without delay to department headquarters. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- March the 26th my headquarters were, as stated, at Culpeper, and the work of preparing for an early campaign commenced. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It is where he will make his headquarters for the battle. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I was not informed by the dispatch that my chief had been ordered to a different field and did not know whether to move my headquarters or not. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The following were his orders: Headquarters 13th Army Corps, Department of the Tennessee. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Did they tell thee where would be the closest point to find General Golz's headquarters? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- A dispatch for General Golz to be delivered at his headquarters, Comrade Marty. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I was intending to remove my headquarters to Pittsburg, but Buell was expected daily and would come in at Savannah. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- General McClellan had been made a major-general and had his headquarters at Cincinnati. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- General Halleck kept his headquarters generally, if not all the time, with the right wing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Their headquarters lay in the southwest corner of this district, near the crossing of two of the so-called Martian canals. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- My headquarters were still at Dabney's saw-mills. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Take these to the two comrades in the guard room and direct them to General Golz's headquarters, Karkov said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I returned to my old headquarters outside in the afternoon, and did not move into the town until the sixth. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Thompson moved light and had no fixed place for even nominal headquarters. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Orders were given to all the commanders engaged at Shiloh to send in their reports without delay to department headquarters. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- March the 26th my headquarters were, as stated, at Culpeper, and the work of preparing for an early campaign commenced. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It is where he will make his headquarters for the battle. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I was not informed by the dispatch that my chief had been ordered to a different field and did not know whether to move my headquarters or not. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The following were his orders: Headquarters 13th Army Corps, Department of the Tennessee. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Did they tell thee where would be the closest point to find General Golz's headquarters? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- A dispatch for General Golz to be delivered at his headquarters, Comrade Marty. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I was intending to remove my headquarters to Pittsburg, but Buell was expected daily and would come in at Savannah. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- General McClellan had been made a major-general and had his headquarters at Cincinnati. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- General Halleck kept his headquarters generally, if not all the time, with the right wing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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