orderly officer

noun

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

Origin of orderly officer

First recorded in 1765–75

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Historical Examples of orderly officer

The other appeared, dressed as an orderly-officer, in the great hall of the Hôtel de Ville.
Louis Philippe
John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
The orderly-officer, conspicuous by his belt, sits at one end of the long table.
M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur."
G.J. Whyte-Melville
One day I was going my usual round with the orderly-officer, who twice a day visited the congee-house.
Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp
John Shipp

British Dictionary definitions for orderly officer

orderly officer

noun

another name for officer of the day

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