Hypertext Webster Gateway: "colonel"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Colonel \Colo"nel\, n. [F. colonel, It. colonello, prop., the
chief or commander of a column, fr. colonna column, L.
columna. See {Column}.] (Mil.)
The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next
above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier
general.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
colonel
n : a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or
Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel
and below a brigadier general
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