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fatigue party

fatigue party

9.0
A group of soldiers who do chores like cleaning and repairs
  • noun
  • /fəˈtiːɡ ˈpɑːrti/
  • Jargon
translation icon : grupo de trabajo
  • Each day, the fatigue party was tasked with maintaining the base and ensuring everything remained orderly.

Examples

  • Caudell sent a fatigue party out to a stream not far away.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The commanding officer organized a fatigue party to clean the barracks before inspection.

  • After the training exercises, a fatigue party was assigned to repair damaged equipment and tidy the area.

Synonyms

detail
vsfatigue party
256 6.6

A group of people given a specific task

focuses on routine non combat maintenance and cleaning done by soldiers
work party
vsfatigue party
1 3.2

A group of people who do a physical task together, like clearing fallen trees

refers only to soldiers assigned for routine non combat maintenance work

Surface Forms

fatigue party singular
fatigue parties plural

Morphology

fatigue + party

The meaning 'a group of soldiers assigned to perform fatigue duty' is directly derivable from combining 'fatigue' (manual chores assigned to military personnel) with 'party' (a contingent of people assembled for a task). This straightforward noun–noun composition follows normal English compounding and would be predictable to a learner who knows both constituent senses (though learners who only know 'fatigue' as 'tiredness' might initially hesitate).

Etymology

Fatigue party comes from army life: a party is a small group sent to do hard, tiring jobs and fatigue means 'tired', so the picture is of soldiers sent out to work until they are worn out. That's why it means 'a group of soldiers assigned to cleaning, repairs, or other non-combat tasks'.