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Colonel

nouncommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom

The military officer title.

noun

  1. 1

    The military officer title.

    Consequently the necessity for the reorganization of the Guard, during the ten months’ absence of yourself and Colonels Smith and Banks, could not have been averted under our present Military Code.

Etymology

Capitalization of colonel.

Forms

plural
Colonels
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