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

He then sent an orderly officer, to see whether the bridges of Bezons and Peck had been broken down.

From Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II by Fleury de Chaboulon, Pierre Alexandre Édouard, baron

“The 150th Regiment will fall in at once, and move off on the Cawnpore road, as soon as ready,” shouted a mounted orderly officer as he rode up.

From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Walmsley, Hugh Mulleneux

We complained about the tea to the orderly officer to-day; milk is running out, so the tea is made with milk and sugar in.

From “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went by Keene, Louis

The orderly officer had a pile of letters on his right impressed with a red triangle, and contemplated the completion of his labours with gloomy satisfaction.

From Leaves from a Field Note-Book by Morgan, John Hartman