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Headquarters   /hˈɛdkwˌɔrtərz/  /hˈɛdkˌɔrtərz/   Listen
Headquarters

noun
1.
(usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise.  Synonyms: central office, home base, home office, main office.
2.
The military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command.  Synonyms: HQ, military headquarters.
3.
(plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff.


Headquarter

verb
1.
Provide with headquarters.



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"Headquarters" Quotes from Famous Books



... said the lady, blushing again with timid gratitude. "I am so glad I summoned up courage to call on you. I was terrified at the idea of going to the Police Headquarters, but I shall not mind it ...
— Number Seventeen • Louis Tracy
... that men are going to wear sunbonnets. They thought I was trying to sell 'em masquerade costumes. I may believe in it, and you may believe in it, and T. A.; but the girls from Joplin—well, they're from Joplin. And they're waiting to hear from headquarters." ...
— Emma McChesney & Co. • Edna Ferber
... of Essex, the Parliamentary general, fought an indecisive battle with the king at Edgehill. Charles then made Oxford his headquarters. Early in the war, two men of spotless character fell,—Hampden, on the popular side (1643), and Lord Falkland (1643), who, not without hesitation, had joined the Royalists. The cavalry of Charles, under a gallant but rash ...
— Outline of Universal History • George Park Fisher
... line," he said. "Instructions came from—from headquarters, to ascertain the precise limitations of the reservation. The results gave the 'Laughing Water' claim to its present owners, by right of prior location, after the opening hour, as the claim was included in the tract." He had uttered ...
— The Furnace of Gold • Philip Verrill Mighels
... in the car, Hal and Chester made their way to the headquarters of General Pershing. They were ...
— The Boy Allies with Haig in Flanders • Clair W. Hayes


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