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Colonel : (noun)
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
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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COLONEL. An officer in the army, next below a brigadier general, bears this
title.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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