Definition of "brother-officer" [brother-officer]

• A fellow police officer (noun)

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• "My next door neighbour, a brother-officer, was with me, but we could not speak."
• "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."
• "Sergeant Cuff, still addressing himself, not to his brother-officer, but to me."