wardroom

ward +‎ room

wardroom (plural wardrooms)

1. (nautical) The living quarters of a ship designated for the commissioned officers other than the captain.
   • 1957, Neville Shute, chapter 1, in On the Beach‎, New York: William Morrow & Co:

     There were only about a dozen officers in the great wardroom, six of them in the khaki gabardine working uniform of the U.S. Navy.

2. (nautical) The commissioned officers of a ship, excluding the captain.

   The captain rarely referred to his wardroom for advice, and this resulted in their discontent.

   • 1850, Herman Melville, chapter 11, in White-Jacket‎, New York: Harper, published 1855, page 56:

     […] it having also reached the ears of the Ward-room that the work contained reflections somewhat derogatory to the dignity of the officers, the volume was seized by the master-at-arms, armed with a warrant from the Captain.

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