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Word: Colonel
Speech Type: Noun
mid 16th century: from obsolete French coronel (earlier form of colonel), from Italian colonnello ‘column of soldiers’, from colonna ‘column’, from Latin columna. The form coronel, source of the modern pronunciation, was usual until the mid 17th century
ˈkəːnl
a rank of officer in the army and in the US air force, above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier or brigadier general
Short Definition:rank of officer in army and in US air force
Examples:- Olson is a retired Air Force colonel
- he is the colonel in charge of the local rebuilding effort
- Colonel Murphy was the evening's guest speaker
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