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drill instructors

drill instructors is the plural of drill instructor.

Meaning of drill instructor

Noun

drill instructor (plural drill instructors)

  1. (US) 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).
    • Army: drill sergeant

Questions about drill instructors

What is drill instructors the plural of?
Drill instructors is the plural of drill instructor.

Words near drill instructors in the dictionary

  1. drill halls
  2. drill hoe
  3. drill hoes
  4. drill in
  5. drill instructor
  6. drill instructors
  7. drill jig
  8. drill jigs
  9. drill out
  10. drill pipe
  11. drill pipes

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