quarter
verb [T usually passive, + adv/prep] (SOLDIER) /ˈkwɔː.tər/
/ˈkwɑː.t̬ɚ/ Definition
› to send someone, especially soldiers, to live in a place: The soldiers were quartered with (= they lived with) local villagers during the war.Accommodating peopleThe armed forces generally
(Definition of quarter verb (SOLDIER) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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