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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And steps coming down in an orderly way
Having resolved to do it without loss of time, as his leave of absence extended only to the following Saturday, and having no feelings of diffidence to make it distressing to himself even at the moment, he set about it in a very orderly manner, with all the observances which he supposed a regular part of the business.
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.
He has the tidiest and most orderly brain, with the greatest capacity for storing facts, of any man living.
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