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colonel
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps. In U.S. military, it ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Colonel \Colo"nel\, n. [F. colonel, It. colonello, prop., the chief or commander of a column, fr. colonna column, L. columna. See Column .] (Mil.) The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier ...
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Colonel is a military rank. Colonel or Colonels may also refer to one of the following: Colonel (title) , is conferred as an honor by some States in the United States of America and certain units of the Canadian Armed Forces. Kentucky Colonel , a non-military ...
Usage examples of colonel.
Colonel Quincy, as an officer in the militia and possibly the wealthiest man in Braintree, was its leading citizen, but also someone Adams greatly admired for his polish and eloquence.
WITH JOSEPH BASS AT HIS SIDE, Adams crossed Long Bridge over the frozen Charles River and rode into Cambridge in the early afternoon of January 24, 1776, in time to dine with General Washington at the temporary quarters of Colonel Thomas Mifflin near Harvard Yard.
On June 12, Adams having returned, Nabby and Colonel William Smith were married in the house on Grosvenor Square, in a small ceremony with only a few friends present--the Copleys, among others.
In addition, Adams submitted a list of proposed general officers that included Alexander Hamilton, but also several Republicans, most notably Aaron Burr, as well as his own son-in-law, Colonel Smith.
The right-hand one, commissioned by my Grandmother Adelia, is of Colonel Parkman, a veteran of the last decisive battle fought in the American Revolution, that of Fort Ticonderoga, now in New York State.
The next time Colonel Haki had heard of him he had been in Adrianople two years later.
A smattering of theosophical lore, and a fondness for the speculations of such writers as Colonel Churchward and Lewis Spence concerning lost continents and primal forgotten civilisations, made Reynolds especially alert toward any aeonian relic like the unknown mummy.
Additional intelligence units and elements of the 47th Independent Armored Brigade, commanded by Alawite Colonel Nadim Abbas, with its T-62 tanks, were also stationed in and around the town.
Lieutenant Colonel Albright was on his way to England to bring the device to the United States.
Colonel Albright learned that he owed his promotion to the suggestion of the chief signal officer, not General Adamson, and that his detail to the General Staff Corps had been directed by Admiral Leahy himself, as a cover for his secret communications role.
Colonel Albright, and he told me to make sure everybody was in the billiards room at ten.
Colonel Albright and Captain McCoy had private thoughts, which they did not express, about the Thompsons: Albright wondered, if it came down to it, how effectively Lieutenant Easterbrook could use his Thompson.
Colonel Albright looked closely at Zimmerman and saw that he had inserted fired 9mm cartridges in his ears as protection against the noise, then saw that McCoy had done the same thing.
Colonel Albright was relieved to see that Easterbrook was familiar enough with the weapon not to lose control of it.
McCoy asked, and Albright understood that the conversation was now not between colonel and captain but between close friends.