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1. (n.) colonel
an officer in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps ranking above lieutenant colonel.
2. colonel
a commissioned officer of similar rank in other nations.
3. colonel
Southern U.S.
4. colonel
an honorary title bestowed by some states, esp. on visiting dignitaries.
5. colonel
(formerly) a title of respect for an elderly man.
Etymology: (1540–50; < MF < It colon(n)ello=colonn(a)column+-ello < L -ellus dim. suffix; so named because such an officer orig. headed the first column or company of a regiment)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) colonel
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
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1. (noun) colonel
a high-ranking officer in the armed forces
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) colonel
the chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general
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Sense: (often abbreviated toCol. when written) an army officer in charge of a regiment.
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 Afrikaans: kolonel |
 Arabic: عَقيد |
 Bulgarian: полковник |
 Brazilian: coronel |
 Czech: plukovník |
 German: der Oberst |
 Danish: oberst |
 Greek: συνταγματάρχης |
 Spanish: coronel |
 Estonian: kolonel |
 Farsi: سرهنگ |
 Finnish: eversti |
 French: colonel/-elle |
 Hebrew: קוֹלוֹנֶל |
 Hindi: कर्नल |
 Croatian: pukovnik |
 Hungarian: ezredes |
 Indonesian: kolonel |
 Icelandic: ofursti |
 Italian: colonnello |
 Japanese: 大佐 |
 Korean: 연대장 |
 Lithuanian: pulkininkas |
 Latvian: pulkvedis |
 Malay: kolonel |
 Dutch: kolonel |
 Norwegian: oberst |
 Polish: pułkownik |
 Persian: سرهنگ |
 Pashto: ډګروال |
 Portuguese: coronel |
 Romanian: colonel |
 Russian: полковник |
 Slovak: plukovník |
 Slovenian: polkovnik |
 Serbian: pukovnik |
 Swedish: överste |
 Thai: พันเอก |
 Turkish: albay |
 Taiwanese: 陸軍上校 |
 Ukrainian: полковник |
 Urdu: فوج کا کرنل |
 Vietnamese: đại tá |
 Chinese: 陆军上校 |
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