fellow officer

collocation in English

meaningsoffellowandofficer

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fellow
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈfel.əʊ/us
/ˈfel.oʊ/
used to refer to someone who has the same job or interests as you, or is in the same situation ...
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officer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɒf.ɪ.sər/us
/ˈɑː.fɪ.sɚ/
a person in the armed forces who has a position ...
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(Definition offellowandofficerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They were told by senior management that all officers must act with "openness and honesty" at all times if they suspected afellowofficerof wrongdoing.
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The officer who has lost a leg is very much better off than hisfellowofficerwho has not lost a limb, but has the same degree of disability.
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I remember being on a course in the war in which afellowofficerreceived what was perhaps the most devastating report that it is possible to devise.
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Hall went to the rescue of afellowofficerwho was surrounded by about 35 warriors.
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He quickly grew a beard after graduation and afellowofficerremarked that he was the only man he ever saw that a beard improved.
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His daughter was seduced by afellowofficer, a young second lieutenant, and the two young people were forced to marry.
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Roy, already enamored with the ballerina, cancels his dinner appointment with afellowofficerto attend the ballet.
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Horrocks' captors refused to change his clothes or sheets, and denied him and afellowofficerbasic amenities.
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Davies testified against a corruptfellowofficerin the past and was reduced to the lowest rank, constable, as a result.
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General nh softened the punishment at the behest of afellowofficer, and put the former diplomat under house arrest instead of placing him in jail.
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Yet his deepest commitment was always to the radical religious agenda that he shared with many of his fellow officers, and specifically to the promotion of liberty of conscience.
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I am sure that my fellow officers of the committee will respond to it in due course.
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Both have many decades of service, and were highly regarded by fellow officers.
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He would not be received by his fellow officers, or by his equals in life.
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I do not believe that they are not referred to on political matters, not merely by their fellow officers but by their non-coms.
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