Synonyms for orderlies
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : awr-der-lee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr dər li |
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Définition of orderlies
Origin :- "military attendant who carries orders," 1781, short for orderly corporal, etc. Extended 1809 to an attendant at a hospital (originally a military hospital) charged with keeping things in order and clean. See orderly (adj.).
- As in attendant : noun person who serves others
- As in apple-pie order : noun perfect order
- Orderlies were going about, carrying out linens, emptying pans.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Harris, coming up with the orderlies, found the old negro at his mare's bridle.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
- In the morning, one of the colonel's orderlies was told to fetch Lisle.
- Extract from : « Through Three Campaigns » by G. A. Henty
- There was straw on the stone floors and two surgeons and some orderlies.
- Extract from : « Short Stories of Various Types » by Various
- Orderlies were not sent out at that hour of the morning unless the cause was pressing.
- Extract from : « Bamboo Tales » by Ira L. Reeves
- In this respect he differs considerably from the majority of orderlies.
- Extract from : « A Yeoman's Letters » by P. T. Ross
- So he rattled on, telling all the gossip he had heard among the orderlies.
- Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
- The Orderlies of the other companies called to their men to fall in at different places.
- Extract from : « Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) » by John McElroy
- Certain men, orderlies or stretcher bearers, would be imprisoned.
- Extract from : « The Backwash of War » by Ellen N. La Motte
- At the other end of the ward sat the two orderlies, drinking wine.
- Extract from : « The Backwash of War » by Ellen N. La Motte
Antonyms for orderlies
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