Colonel
['kɜːn(ə)l] or ['kɝnl]
Definition
(noun.) 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.
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Definition
(n.) The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.
Typist: Remington
Definition
n. an officer who has command of a regiment;—ns. Col′onelcy his office or rank; Col′onelling playing the colonel; Col′onelship colonelcy: quality of a colonel.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing or being commanded by a colonel, denotes you will fail to reach any prominence in social or business circles. If you are a colonel, it denotes you will contrive to hold position above those of friends or acquaintances.
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A male resident of Kentucky. See KERNEL,."
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Examples
- No bad news, Colonel, I hope; said Mrs. Jennings, as soon as he entered the room. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The Colonel and the Inspector were awaiting us in the parlor. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- But pray, Colonel, how came you to conjure out that I should be in town today? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Good afternoon, Colonel. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The penniless Colonel became quite obsequious and respectful to the head of his house, and despised the milksop Pitt no longer. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The Colonel was so kind--Mr. Crawley might be offended and pay back the money, for which she could get no such good interest anywhere else. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Colonel O'Dowd, of the --th regiment, one of those occupying in Paris, warned Lieutenant Spooney of that corps. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The Colonel had his office full of people, mostly from the neighboring States of Missouri and Kentucky, making complaints or asking favors. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In less than half an hour after Colonel Berkeley's arrival in bounced Lord Deerhurst, in an agony of tears! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Colonel Zachary Taylor--a brigadier-general by brevet--was therefore left in command. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But this is not all, continued the Colonel. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- If you care to smoke a cigar in our rooms, Colonel, I shall be happy to give you any other details which might interest you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- You have heard about the Colonel's Will; now you must hear what happened after the Colonel's death. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Since the close of the war I have come to know Colonel Mosby personally, and somewhat intimately. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Now, Betteredge, exert those sharp wits of yours, and observe the conclusion to which the Colonel's instructions point! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In these cases the colonels were constitutional cowards, unfit for any military position; but not so the officers and men led out of danger by them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In two cases, as I now remember, colonels led their regiments from the field on first hearing the whistle of the enemy's bullets. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Two of the colonels also entered the service from other localities. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They were very thankfully received, and the kindness acknowledged by letters to me from the colonels of both regiments, in the most grateful terms. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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