orderly officer

American  

noun

1. Military. officer of the day, as in the British army or, formerly, in the U.S. Army.

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orderly officer British  

noun

1. another name for officer of the day

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Etymology

Origin of orderly officer

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

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orderly officer

During the next four years he had various field commands and in 1906 he became orderly officer to General Joffre, then commander of the 6th Infantry Division in Paris.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I must get a fatigue party on to that timber to-morrow," had said the orderly officer to himself.

From Letters from France by Bean, C. E. W. (Charles Edwin Woodrow)

But in the mean time, it was necessary that the orderly officer should see Napoleon every day, and that this might be done in any way he pleased.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 by Various

“Major Hughes, call in your light company!” shouted an orderly officer, as he dashed on, not checking his horse.

From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Walmsley, Hugh Mulleneux

The orderly officer glanced round the room, and then turned and walked out.

From Soldiers of the Queen by Avery, Harold