Porters command with fibs (9)
I believe the answer is:
orderlies
'porters' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'command with fibs' is the wordplay.
'command' becomes 'order' (order is a kind of command).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'fibs' becomes 'lies' (informal term for lies).
'order'+'lies'='ORDERLIES'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for orderlies that I've seen before include "Servants" , "Soldiers attending superior officers" , "Hospital attendants or soldiers working for officers" , "Solderer I join as soldiers who do errands for officers" , "Military or hospital attendants" .)