orderly room

American  

noun

1. the administrative office of a small military unit.

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orderly room British  

noun

1. military a room in the barracks of a battalion or company used for general administrative purposes

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Etymology

Origin of orderly room

Probably earlier than 1975–80

Example Sentences

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orderly room

I told him to wait in the orderly room and finished counseling the rest of the company.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2018

The other in a perfectly straight and orderly room.

From Forbes ● Aug. 13, 2014

She marched into the orderly room, signed up at the sergeant's desk, then let her gaze ramble coldly over a half-dozen deskbound male Marines, scribbling away at their paper work.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sergeants made up excuses to drift into the orderly room, drifted out unsatisfied.

From Time Magazine Archive

The clean, orderly room of the tahara house was gone, replaced by an endless abyss.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros