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Definition of: colonel

(kûrnəl) noun
A commissioned officer of the sixth rank in the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, or U.S. Marine Corps, ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.
—lieutenant colonel
A commissioned officer of the fifth rank in the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, or U.S. Marine Corps, ranking next above a major and next below a colonel.
◆ Homophone: kernel. [Earlier coronel <F coronnel <Ital. colonnello <colonna column of soldiers]
—colo′nel·cy, colo′nel·ship
noun

Most often used phrases:

lieutenant colonel
colonel john
colonel william
colonel james
colonel warden
colonel george
army colonel
colonel general
colonel robert
honorary colonel
colonel thomas
colonel charles
colonel henry
colonel commandant
appointed colonel

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Statistical data

"colonel" has the frequency of use of 0.0002% on city-data.com forum

"colonel" has the frequency of use of 0.0041% on en.wikipedia.org.

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