orderly officer
noun
Military. officer of the day, as in the British army or, formerly, in the U.S. Army.
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Origin of orderly officer
First recorded in 1765–75
Words nearby orderly officer
ordered pair, ordered set, ordering, orderly, orderly marketing agreement, orderly officer, orderly room, orders, ordinal, ordinal number, ordinal numbers
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Example sentences from the Web for orderly officer
One day I was going my usual round with the orderly-officer, who twice a day visited the congee-house.
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) AbbottThe orderly-officer, conspicuous by his belt, sits at one end of the long table.
M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur."|G.J. Whyte-Melville
British Dictionary definitions for orderly officer
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