distinguished service order

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   a British military decoration for special service in action

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Questions about distinguished service order

What does distinguished service order mean?

distinguished service order means "a British military decoration for special service in action".

Is distinguished service order a common word?

distinguished service order is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.