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orderly officer

noun

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


orderly officer

noun

  1. another name for officer of the day
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of orderly officer1

First recorded in 1765–75
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Example Sentences

Old "Spindle-legs" threw up his hands, gasped like a fish, and it seemed half a minute before he whispered "Orderly officer."

Presently the colonel seeing that this company did not rally sent an orderly officer who made his way up to it by protected paths.

So you have left the Prince of Monaco, whose orderly officer you were, I have been told.

The orderly-officer, conspicuous by his belt, sits at one end of the long table.

In those days the orderly officer would go round with his question of "Any complaints?"

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