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Definition of Drill instructor
1. Noun. A noncommissioned officer who instructs recruits in military marching and discipline.
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Generic synonyms: Enlisted Officer, Noncom, Noncommissioned Officer
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
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drill Instructor
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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