brother-officer en · NOUN
Meanings
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A fellow police officer
A brother-officer, evidently taking two country cousins round London, nodded resignedly; a woman at whose house he had danced several times smiled at him.
1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 1, in Bulldog Drummond:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| brother-officers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |