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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024colo•nel /ˈkɜrnəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Militaryan officer in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps ranking above lieutenant colonel.
- Militaryan officer of similar rank in other nations.
colo•nel•cy, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024colo•nel (kûr′nl),USA pronunciation n. - Militaryan officer in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps ranking between lieutenant colonel and brigadier general: corresponding to a captain in the U.S. Navy.
- Militarya commissioned officer of similar rank in the armed forces of some other nations.
- an honorary title bestowed by some Southern states, as to those who have brought honor to the state, prominent businesspersons, visiting celebrities, or the like:When the vice president visited the state he was made a Kentucky colonel.
- Slang Terms[Older Use.](in the South) a title of respect prefixed to the name of distinguished elderly men.
- Latin -ellus diminutive suffix; so named because such an officer origin, originally headed the first column or company of a regiment
- Italian colon(n)ello = colonn(a) column + -ello
- Middle French
- 1540–50;
Colonel(kûr′nl),USA pronunciation with its medial l pronounced as (r),USA pronunciation illustrates one source for the apparent vagaries of English spelling: divergence between a word's orthographic development and its established pronunciation. In this case, English borrowed from French two variant forms of the same word, one pronounced with medial and final (l),USA pronunciation and a second reflecting dissimilation of the first (l)USA pronunciation to (r).USA pronunciation After a period of competition, the dissimilated form triumphed in pronunciation, while the spelling colonel became the orthographic standard. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: colonel /ˈkɜːnəl/ n - an officer of land or air forces junior to a brigadier but senior to a lieutenant colonel
Etymology: 16th Century: via Old French, from Old Italian colonnello column of soldiers, from colonna columnˈcolonelcy, ˈcolonelˌship n |