light colonel

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light colonel - a commissioned officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines holding a rank above major and below colonellieutenant colonelarmed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"colonel - 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