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colonel |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: colonel n : a commissioned military officer in the US Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
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