brother-officer

Sergeant Cuff, still addressing himself, not to his brother-officer, but to me.

The Moonstone 2003

Having settled the question of the paint, Sergeant Cuff, from that moment, gave his brother-officer up as a bad job — and addressed himself to Mr. Franklin, as the more promising assistant of the two.

The Moonstone 2003

My next door neighbour, a brother-officer, was with me, but we could not speak.

The Settlement at Port Jackson 2003

But Colonel Forrester gently comforted Cressida with a wandering account of a brother-officer whose abhorrence of felines in some mysterious way brought about a deterioration in the lustre of his accoutrements.

Tied Up in Tinsel Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1972

A sick brother-officer should have the best quarters, Trim; and if we had him with us, -- we could tend and look to him.

A History of English Prose Fiction Bayard Tuckerman

_Major Dobbin_, a _beau sabreur_ of irresistible charm, is on the point of eloping with _Amelia Osborne_, the wife of a brother-officer, when the Battle of Waterloo breaks out and _Dobbin_ is slain.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 5, 1919 Various

And when she proceeded to cut a figure of 8 backwards, and execute another intricate movement called "the rose," his admiration became vehement, and, seizing on a brother-officer he had observed speaking to her, demanded an introduction.

Bluebell A Novel Mrs. George Croft Huddleston

She hurriedly ran through them, enquiring for her brother-officer, but none knew anything of her.

Alvira, the Heroine of Vesuvius

Don Manuel Brizeñio, also from the fleet, with a brother-officer for his lieutenant, had charge of the Punta castle.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 Various

Stafford hesitated, his heavy eyes resting on the fine face of his brother-officer with an almost passionate gratitude.

The Native Born or, the Rajah's People 1922