orderly
/ˈɔɹdɚli/ noun C2- A hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties.
- A soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer.
Plural orderlies
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I should have fallen into the hands of the murderous Ghazis had it not been for the devotion and courage shown by Murray, my orderly, who threw me across a pack-horse, and succeeded in bringing me safely to the British lines.
And steps coming down in an orderly way
He has the tidiest and most orderly brain, with the greatest capacity for storing facts, of any man living.
“Was Sir James a man who was orderly in his habits?”
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