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brother-officer

brother-officer noun: a fellow police officer.

Noun

brother-officer (plural brother-officers)

  1. 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 of brother-officer

pluralbrother-officers

Questions about brother-officer

What does brother-officer mean?
Brother-officer means a fellow police officer.
What part of speech is brother-officer?
Brother-officer is a noun.
What is the plural of brother-officer?
The plural of brother-officer is brother-officers.

Words near brother-officer in the dictionary

  1. brother-husband
  2. brother-husbands
  3. brother-in-arms
  4. brother-in-law
  5. brother-in-laws
  6. brother-officer
  7. brother-officers
  8. brother-out-law
  9. brother-slayer
  10. brother-slayers
  11. brother-zone

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