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

An orderly crosses quickly to the office and reports to the orderly officer, 'Two cars with stretcher cases.'

From On the King's Service Inward Glimpses of Men at Arms by Logan, Innes

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

"Go away, War Baby," retorted the orderly officer, as he turned aside from the subaltern, who has a beautiful pink and white complexion, and was at Rugby rather less than a year ago.

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

I am an orderly officer and have to take the men out for a run at six.

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