The Collaborative International Dictionary
Coronel \Coro"nel\ (k?r"nel), n. [See Colonel.]
A colonel. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
Coronel \Cor"o*nel\ (k?r"?-n?l or k?r"n?l), n. [Cf. Cronel,
Crown.] (Anc. Armor)
The iron head of a tilting spear, divided into two, three, or
four blunt points. [Written also cronel.]
--Grose.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
obsolete form of colonel.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The head of a spear; a cronel. 2 (obsolete form of colonel English)
Wikipedia
Coronel may refer to:
- Coronel, Chile a port city in Chile
- Battle of Coronel off the Chilean coast during World War I
- The World War II German auxiliary cruiser HSK Coronel, see German night fighter direction vessel Togo
- Older spelling of colonel
- Coronelism, a Brazilian political machine during the Old Republic (1889–1930)
Usage examples of "coronel".
No faltó quien dijera que una noche, que estaba en copas, se cayó del pescante de su carro al doblar la esquina de Coronel y que las piedras le rompieron el cráneo.
En cambio es imposible, aunque deseable, olvidar al barbudo y apopléjico coronel Harrap, típico ejemplar de la vigorosa vulgaridad de un país que ha logrado el gigantismo, pero que ignora los matices, las nuances, que no desconoce el último pillete de una trattoria de Nápoles y que son la marca de fábrica de la raza latina.
They don't like each other, and I'm afraid that one of your Argentine coronels is going to decide that if they get in a war with Brazil, Germany will have to help them.
Antonio said as he picked up a silver coffeepot and refilled el Coronels cup.
I had in mind officers, majors or teniente coronels, who are members of Grupo de Oficiales Unidos.
Su defecto reside en no explicar lo realmente enigmático: los curiosos vaivenes de la memoria del coronel Tabares, el olvido que anula en tan poco tiempo la imagen y hasta el nombre del que volvió.
El Coronel Frade had quickly become an advocate for the use of light aircraft in the army, and during the 1941 annual maneuvers (he had become by then Commanding Officer of the Hiisares de Pueyrredon Cavalry Regiment, following in the steps of his father and his grandfather, who had founded the regiment), he had used Piper Cubs for reconnaissance and for message delivery.