orderly room

noun

the administrative office of a small military unit.

Nearby words

ordered set, ordering, orderly, orderly marketing agreement, orderly officer, orderly room, orders, ordinal, ordinal number, ordinal numbers, ordinal scale

Origin of orderly room

probably earlier than 1975–80

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Examples from the Web for orderly room

From thence he dashed into the orderly-room, and knocked at the inner door, where the orderly officer for the night was on duty.
Dastral of the Flying Corps|Rowland Walker
Will had, from the first week after the arrival of the mission, fallen into the position of an orderly-room sergeant.
For Name and Fame|G. A. Henty
He left everything to somebody else, the second-in-command, the adjutant, the orderly-room.
The Secret Battle|A. P. Herbert
I heard Captain Harvey say in the orderly-room that they have arranged relays of bearers every five miles all the way down.
The Lost Heir|G. A. Henty

Then, having severed the telephone wire communicating with the orderly-room, Dacres knocked at the door.
The Dreadnought of the Air|Percy F. Westerman

British Dictionary definitions for orderly room

orderly room

noun

military a room in the barracks of a battalion or company used for general administrative purposes

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