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A friend in the War Office warned me that I was in Kitchener's black books, and that orders had been given for my arrest next time I appeared in France.
Philip Gibbs

Meaning of "War Office" in the English dictionary

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WAR OFFICE

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War Office is a noun.
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WHAT DOES WAR OFFICE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

War Office

War Office

The War Office was a department of the British Government responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1964, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence. The name "War Office" is also given to the former home of the department, the War Office building located at the junction of Horse Guards Avenue and Whitehall in central London. In August 2013 it was announced that the War Office building would be sold on the open market.

Definition of War Office in the English dictionary

The definition of War Office in the dictionary is the department of state responsible for the British Army, now part of the Ministry of Defence. Other definition of War Office is the premises of this department in Whitehall, London.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WAR OFFICE

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War of 1812
War of American Independence
war of nerves
War of Secession
War of the Austrian Succession
War of the Grand Alliance
War of the Spanish Succession

WORDS THAT END LIKE WAR OFFICE

back office
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Synonyms and antonyms of War Office in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «War Office» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of War Office to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of War Office from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «War Office» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

战争办公室
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Ministerio de la Guerra
570 millions of speakers

English

War Office
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

युद्ध के कार्यालय
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

مكتب حرب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Военное министерство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Ministério da Guerra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যুদ্ধ অফিস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Bureau de guerre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pejabat Perang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

War Office
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

戦争オフィス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대전 사무소
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kantor Perang
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Văn phòng chiến tranh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போர் அலுவலகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

युद्ध कार्यालय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Savaş Ofisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Ministero della Guerra
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Office War
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

військове міністерство
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Biroul de război
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Γραφείο πολέμου
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

oorlog Kantoor
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

War Office
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

War Kontor
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of War Office

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The term «War Office» is regularly used and occupies the 100.671 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about War Office

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2 QUOTES WITH «WAR OFFICE»

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Philip Gibbs
During the early months of the war in 1914 there was a conflict of opinion between the War Office and the Foreign Office regarding news from the Front.
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Philip Gibbs
A friend in the War Office warned me that I was in Kitchener's black books, and that orders had been given for my arrest next time I appeared in France.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WAR OFFICE»

Discover the use of War Office in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to War Office and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Connecticut's Naval Office at New London During the War of ...
New London's fine location, with a harbor seven miles long and a mile wide, was the perfect place for the young American Navy to send out its first expedition in 1775.
Ernest E. Rogers, 2009
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The Secrets of the German War Office
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Armgaard Karl Graves, 2009
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Regulations for the Volunteer Force. Dated War Office, 18th ...
Great Britain. Army. Volunteers. Recoveries of War Office claims for Stores, 8w. Estimates and issues for Pay of' Adjutant and Serjeant Instructors. Annual Account. Charges and credits in Annual Account. The Bills after payment are to be ...
Great Britain. Army. Volunteers, 1863
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War Office Pamplet No. 8 : Handbook of Enemy Ammunition: ...
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The War Office, 1943, 2014
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The Boer War: Historiography and Annotated Bibliography
War Office. Correspondence Etc. Between British and Boer Generals Concerning Matters Relating to the Usages of War Etc. London: War Office, 1901. Although short, given the concerns about illegal ammunition and misuse of white flags, this  ...
Fred R. Van Hartesveldt, 2000
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British Strategy and War Aims 1914-1916 (RLE First World War)
General Staff, War Office, Report on Foreign Manoeuvres (London: 1913). General Staff, War Office, Handbooks of the Armies of Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, Rumania and Servia (London: 1904). General Staff, War Office, Handbook of the ...
David French, 2014
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Climax at Gallipoli: The Failure of the August Offensive
MT 23 Admiralty, Transport Department. Correspondence and Papers. PRO 30/ 57 Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum. Papers. WO 32 War Office and successors. Registered Files (General Series). WO 33 War Office.
Rhys Crawley, 2014
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The Boer War: Direction, Experience and Image
According to Lord Curzon, the War Office was 'a place where the most strenuous endeavours meet with the smallest return, and from which little is to be got save vituperation'. Indeed, serving as Secretary of State for War could be bad for ...
John Gooch, 2013
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Army, Empire, and Cold War: The British Army and Military ...
The law as expounded in this edition of the manual differed only in minor respects from the analysis in the preceding edition of the manual, War Office, Manual of Military Law, 1929 (London: HMSO, 1929), 246–69; War Office, ...
David French, 2012
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The World War Two Reader
The Memoirs of a Desert Rat (London, 1982), 57. 13 G. H. Gallup (ed.), The Gallup International Public Opinion Polls. Great Britain, 1937-1975 (New York, 1976), i, 53. 14 War Office, The King's Regulations for the Army and the Army Reserve ...
Gordon Martel, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WAR OFFICE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term War Office is used in the context of the following news items.
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Post-war Hampshire office buildings given listed status
Two post-war office buildings in Hampshire have been given Grade II-listed ... IBM Pilot Head Office in Cosham, Portsmouth, now known as Lynx House, has ... «BBC News, Jan 15»
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John Madin-designed office block in Birmingham given listed status
It is among 14 post-war office buildings to achieve Grade II listed status across the country. The city's iconic Alpha Tower, designed by Birmingham-born architect ... «Birmingham Mail, Jan 15»
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In pictures: Post-War office buildings listed
In pictures: Post-War office buildings listed. 28 January 2015 Last updated at 01:36. Images of some of the 14 post-War office buildings added to the National ... «BBC News, Jan 15»
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Churchill's Old War Office building sold off
The Old War Office where Sir Winston Churchill masterminded Second World War manoeuvres has been sold to property developers. The Whitehall building ... «BBC News, Dec 14»
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New website lists underused or empty buildings owned by government
The Old war office building in Whitehall Old War Office Building in Whitehall, which is listed on the site and will be sold this year. Photograph: Alamy. «The Guardian, Aug 14»
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Top secret World War One defences discovered on War Office maps
On previously unknown War Office maps, they found land-based anti-invasion defences built around Edinburgh and across the Lothians and Fife, some of which ... «stv.tv, Feb 14»
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Sidney Lewis,Youngest WW1 soldier fought in the Somme aged 13
A 13-year-old boy who ran away to join up fought on the front line in the First World War until his mother sent his birth certificate to the War Office and pleaded ... «Daily Mail, Nov 13»
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War Office building to be sold for 'more than £100m'
The former War Office building, where British leaders made plans during the two world wars and the Cold War, is to be sold. Ministers hope the Whitehall ... «BBC News, Aug 13»
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War Office on the market as public assets sale continues
Francis Maude, the Cabinet Office minister, told The Sunday Telegraph that the building, on Whitehall in central London, will be placed on the block as part of his ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 13»
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Government to sell Winston Churchill's Old War Office
It is a building in which Sir Winston Churchill, Lord Kitchener, David Lloyd George and T E Lawrence all once toiled, but the Old War Office is about to be put on ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 13»

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