Definition of Drill instructor

1. Noun. A noncommissioned officer who instructs recruits in military marching and discipline.


Definition of Drill instructor

1. Noun. (American English) The generic term for the principal instructor of fresh military recruits undergoing basic training in the various branches of the United States military, routinely abbreviated to the initialism DI; always filled by enlisted personnel (a sergeant or petty officer). ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Drill Instructor

dright
drighten
drightens
drightin
drill
drill bit
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drill core
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drill down
drill downs
drill ground
drill grounds
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drill in
drill instructor
drill instructors
drill jig
drill jigs
drill master
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drill rod
drill sergeant
drill sergeants
drill site
drill steel
drillabilities
drillability
drillable

Literary usage of Drill instructor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Standardization of Mining Methods by Charles A. Mitke (1919)
"It is advisable that the drill instructor should be a man who has had ... The question as to whether instructions should be given by a drill instructor, ..."

2. A History of the Formation and Development of the Volunteer Infantry: From by Robert Potter Berry (1903)
"164—In order to obtain a drill instructor from among the permanent sergeants of the ... 165—A drill instructor obtained from the Militia under the foregoing ..."

3. Correctional Boot Camps: A Tough Intermediate Sanction edited by Doris L. MacKenzie, Eugene E. Herbert (1996)
"In addition, boot camp officers complete drill instructor training developed by the departmental training division. Selected officers have participated in ..."

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