Definitions for colonel

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colonel colo·nel

Spelling: [kur-nl]

IPA: /ˈkɜr nl/

Colonel is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 91 anagrams from letters in colonel (cellnoo).

Definitions for colonel

noun

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:
4. Older Use. (in the South) a title of respect prefixed to the name of distinguished elderly men.

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 head

Examples for colonel

"You ought to be able to answer that question better than I," replied the colonel.

The doctor, however, went at once into the bedroom, and the colonel followed him.

"It seems to me a very good arrangement," said the colonel to his wife.

Being called to duty, the colonel was forced to leave the young girl behind.

Those who spoke out against it included a fellow Air Force colonel, Lindsay Graham, who also happens to be a U.S. senator.

“All this boosts the morale of the Afghan Taliban,” says the colonel.

Oh, colonel, help me to guard against so dreadful a calamity.

A judge there would have wide latitude in sentencing and could send the colonel to prison.

An Army National Guard colonel charged with knowingly exposing a woman to HIV faced his accuser in a military courtroom on Monday.

The colonel threw his cloak about his shoulders, and hastened down to the carpenter's.