officer-of

Updated: May 16, 2025

To ask the consent of the officer-of the-day or the connivance of the officer-of-the-guard was to invite them to court arrest and trial on their own account. He couldn't do that even to oblige a brother Delt. If only Ned Craven were officer-of-the-guard something might be done he was a college man, too, and though not a "Delt," but rather of a rival set, he "would understand" and possibly help.

Charles King - Found in the Philippines: The Story of a Woman's Letters