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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COLONEL, n. The chief commander of a regiment of troops, whether infantry or cavalry. He ranks next below a brigadier-general. In England, colonel-lieutenant is the commander of a regiment of guards, of which the king, prince or other person of eminence is colonel. Lieutenant-colonel is the second officer in a regiment, and commands it in the absence of the colonel.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: alteration of coronel, from Middle French, modification of Old Italian colonnello column of soldiers, colonel, diminutive of colonna column, from Latin columna Date: 1567 1. a. a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps ranking above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general b. lieutenant colonel 2. a minor titular official of a state especially in southern or midland U.S. — used as an honorific title • colonelcy noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 an army officer in command of a regiment, immediately below a brigadier in rank. 2 US an officer of corresponding rank in the Air Force. 3 = lieutenant-colonel. Phrases and idioms: Colonel Blimp see BLIMP n. 1. Derivatives: colonelcy n. (pl. -ies). Etymology: obs. F coronel f. It. colonnello f. colonna COLUMN

Webster's 1913 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 general.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(colonels) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. A colonel is a senior officer in an army, air force, or the marines. This particular place was run by an ex-Army colonel. ...Colonel Edward Staley. N-COUNT; N-TITLE; N-VOC

Foolish Dictionary

A male resident of Kentucky. See KERNEL.

Moby Thesaurus

ADC, CO, OD, aide, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigadier general, captain, chicken colonel, chief of staff, commandant, commander, commander in chief, commanding officer, commissioned officer, company officer, exec, executive officer, field marshal, field officer, first lieutenant, five-star general, four-star general, general, general officer, generalissimo, jemadar, junior officer, lieutenant, lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general, major, major general, marechal, marshal, officer, one-star general, orderly officer, risaldar, senior officer, shavetail, sirdar, staff officer, subahdar, subaltern, sublieutenant, the Old Man, the brass, three-star general, top brass, two-star general