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Definitions for Colonel

[1] an 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.
[2] a commissioned officer of similar rank in the armed forces of some other nations.
[3] 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.
[4] Older Use . (in the South) a title of respect prefixed to the name of distinguished elderly men.
[5] an officer of land or air forces junior to a brigadier but senior to a lieutenant colonel

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Origin of Colonel

1540–50; < Middle French < Italian colon(n)ello, equivalent to colonn(a) column + -ello < Latin -ellus diminutive suffix; so named because such an officer originally headed the first column or company of a regiment

Other words from Colonel

colo·nel·cy , noun

Word origin for Colonel

C16: via Old French, from Old Italian colonnello column of soldiers, from colonna column