billet

Examples

• All

• Go to Captain Vicker's billet and request him to come here at once.

  The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)

• Before you make your break for the bedroom... could you point me to my billet?

  Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)

• - I'll show you to your billet, sir.

  Aces High (1976)

• Would you state your name, rank and current billet for the record, sir?

  A Few Good Men (1992)

• Some never qualify and lose their billet.

  Blog text (24)

• He was not scheduled for rotation out of his current billet.

  Blog text (15)

• At the end of the day, the soldiers returned to their billet after a long march.

• The commanding officer decided to inspect each billet to ensure the soldiers were comfortable.

• During the training exercise, they were assigned to a temporary billet at a local farm.

Synonyms

B

barracks

vsbillet

96 2.3

Buildings where soldiers live and sleep

lodges soldiers in private homes or other civilian buildings instead

C

cantonment

vsbillet

• Specialized

1 9.9

A military camp where soldiers live temporarily

places soldiers in private houses rather than army built camps

A

army hut

vsbillet

1 3.1

A small temporary building where soldiers sleep and live during training or war

lodges soldiers in private homes rather than in small temporary shelters

C

caserne

vsbillet

1 9.9

A building where soldiers live and sleep

lodges soldiers in private homes rather than in military buildings

F

field hut

vsbillet

1 6.8

A small temporary shelter soldiers use while in the field

lodges soldiers in private or civilian buildings rather than in field shelters

Compounds

B

billet doux

1 9.9

A short personal letter that shows love or romantic feelings

Surface Forms

Etymology