Definitions for colonelcy

colonelcy colo·nel·cy

Spelling: [kur-nl-see]
IPA: /ˈkɜr nl si/

Colonelcy is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 152 anagrams from letters in colonelcy (ccellnooy).

Definitions for colonelcy

noun

  1. the rank, position, or status of a colonel.

Origin of colonelcy

First recorded in 1790-1800; colonel + -cy

Examples for colonelcy

As to the colonelcy of the militia, the lord-lieutenant has my resignation.

On returning he was gazetted to the colonelcy of the 5th Dragoons.

He had, in the meantime, been promoted to the colonelcy of his regiment.

In 1753 he was given the colonelcy of the 14th foot, and in 1754 he became a major-general.

In 1830 he was appointed to the colonelcy of the 14th Light Dragoons.

William J. Bryan accepted the colonelcy in a Nebraska regiment.

This colonelcy was an honorary title which he held by custom rather than by law.

He had hoped that some day he might win a colonelcy; more than that he had never thought of.

They gave him the colonelcy of Cuirassiers: 'Drill there, and endure.'

But how if the superintendency can't be had without the colonelcy?

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