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

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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 Innes Logan

The orderly officer had a pile of letters on his right impressed with a red triangle, and contemplated the completion of his labours with gloomy satisfaction.

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

GOURGAUD, Gaspard.—Napoleon and the Grand Army in Russia, or a critical examination of the Work of Count Ph. de Segur, by General Gourgaud, late principal orderly officer and aid-de-camp to the Emperor Napoleon. . . .

From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various

Having done which, they proceeded to take an unsympathetic farewell of the orderly officer whom they found in the orderly room engaged in reading character by handwriting with the aid of the office stamp.

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

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