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Definition of: colonel
(kûr′nəl) 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
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