orderly room

noun

the administrative office of a small military unit.

orderly room

noun

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of orderly room¹

Probably earlier than 1975–80

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Example Sentences

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The clean, orderly room of the tahara house was gone, replaced by an endless abyss.

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In late summer 2019, Guillen, who was then a private first class, was the victim of sexual harassment after her superior in a troop orderly room tried in Spanish to solicit her to participate in a threesome, according to a report released by Gen. John Murray, the commander of Army Futures Command based in Austin.

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The Orderly Room shows signs of life.

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We watch him disappear in the direction of the Orderly Room.

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In the Orderly Room sits our Lieutenant, Bertink, and calls us in one after another.

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orderly officer Order of Australia

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