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active list

noun

  1. military a list of officers available for full duty
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

General Medical Board, with a long and active list of sub-committees.

Officers newly appointed must undertake to serve on the active list for twenty-five consecutive years, at least.

Now,” he said, “you are not on the ‘active list of the Royal Artillery’; how can I possibly assist you?

The Admiral was still upon the active list, with four years of service ahead of him.

An unexpected guest was Charles Wheeler, an old member of the organization, but off the active list for years.

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