Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Orderlies"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Orderly \Or"der*ly\, n.; pl. {Orderlies}.
1. (Mil.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier who attends a
superior officer to carry his orders, or to render other
service.
Orderlies were appointed to watch the palace.
--Macaulay.
2. A street sweeper. [Eng.] --Mayhew.
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