colonel
IPA: kˈɝnʌɫ
noun
- A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies, air forces or naval infantry (marines).
- (military) The military officer title.
verb
- (intransitive) To act as or like a colonel.
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Examples of "colonel" in Sentences
- He holds the rank of colonel in the Guards.
- He achieved the rank of Colonel in the army.
- Colonel Forbin is the protagonist of the story.
- Gale was the son of a Colonel in the Royal Engineers.
- He demobilized from the army with the rank of Lt Colonel.
- He left the Army the following year with the rank of colonel.
- He reached the rank of colonel before retiring from the Army.
- The Colonel is the highest ranking officer in the Highway Patrol.
- Clive was a Colonel in the Grenadier Guards and a General in the Army.
- He enlisted in the army in 1942, eventually retiring with the rank of colonel.