| 单词 | staff wallah |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstaff wallah staff wallah n. [compare wallah n. 3] slang a staff officer; (more generally) any army officer not involved in active combat. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > staff officer staff officer1780 red hat1916 staff-wallah1951 1915 St. George's Gaz. 30 Oct. 198/2 Our late Commanding Officer, Maj. H. R. Sandilands, has left us to become a ‘Staff Wallah’. 1951 R. Campbell Light on Dark Horse xi. 145 A family connection who was only a staff-wallah, and jealous of my being a soldier. 2003 A. O. Mitha Unlikely Beginnings xii. 154 You Staff wallahs ask for information and never realize how difficult it is to gather it. < as lemmas |
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