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colonelcy|ˈkɜːnəlsɪ|
[f. colonel, after lieutenancy, etc.: see -cy.]
The post, rank, or commission of colonel.
1797in Nicolas Disp. Nelson (1845) II. 446 Your good father tells me you are in great hopes of the Lieutenant Colonelcy. 1864Lowell Fireside Trav. 68 He..might not accept a colonelcy of filibusters. 1876Green Short Hist. ix. 689 The colonelcy of the Royal Life Guards. |