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noun

Wardroom n.

(Naut.) A room occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers of a war vessel. See Gunroom.

A room used by the citizens of a city ward, for meetings, political caucuses, elections, etc. (U. S.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Wardroom" Quotes from Famous Books

... us complete secrecy, so as to insure success, and he especially cautioned us against being pumped by his ward-room officers, Chapman, Lewis, Wise, etc., while on board his ship. With this injunction I was dismissed to the wardroom, where I found Chapman, Lewis, and Wise, dreadfully exercised at our profound secrecy. The fact that McLane and I had been closeted with the commodore for an hour, that orders for the boat and ...

— Memoirs of Three Civil War Generals, Complete • U. S. Grant, W. T. Sherman, P. H. Sheridan

... wardroom of H.M.S. Sinister, broken only by the low tones of the Paymaster and the First Lieutenant disputing over the question of proportional representation and by the snores of the Junior Watchkeeper, stretched inelegantly on the sofa. The rest of the occupants ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Aug 29, 1917 • Various

Words linked to "Wardroom" : military machine, military quarters, armed services, military, armed forces, war machine