colonel /kûrˈnəl/

1. A senior army officer ranking between a lieutenant-colonel and a brigadier (US brigadier general)
2. In USA, an officer of equivalent rank in the Marines or the Air Force
3. In some regiments, an honorary rank given usu to a distinguished former member of the regiment
4. In USA, an honorary title sometimes given to a person not connected with the armed forces
5. (loosely) a form of address to a lieutenant-colonel

colˈonelcy /-si/ noun

The office or rank of colonel

colˈonelling noun (archaic)

(or /kor-ō-nelˈing/) playing the colonel

colˈonelship noun

1. Colonelcy
2. The quality of being a colonel

Colonel Blimp see blimp¹

colonel-commˈandant noun

The honorary commander of a military corps

colonel-in-chiefˈ (pl colonels-in-chiefˈ) noun

An honorary colonel, in Britain generally a member of the Royal Family

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