Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - colonel
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Colonel
colonel
noun Etymology: alteration of coronel, from Middle French, modification of Old Italian colonnello column of soldiers, ~, diminutive of colonna column, from Latin columna Date: 1567 1. a. a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps ranking above a lieutenant ~ and below a brigadier general b. lieutenant ~ 2. a minor titular official of a state especially in southern or midland U.S. — used as an honorific title • ~cy noun
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n. 1 an army officer in command of a regiment, immediately below a brigadier in rank. 2 US an officer of corresponding rank in the Air Force. 3 = lieutenant-colonel. Phrases and idioms Colonel Blimp see BLIMP n. 1. Derivatives colonelcy n. (pl. -ies). Etymology: obs. F coronel f. It. colonnello f. colonna COLUMN ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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полковник Воинское звание между подполковником Lieutenant Colonel и бригадным генералом Brigadier General в сухопутных войсках, авиации и морской пехоте. Тж. Col. ...Англо-русский лингвострановедческий словарь
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1. полковник 2. ам. разг. подполковник 3. ам. полковник (обращение к чиновнику в южных штатах) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(colonels) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. A colonel is a senior officer in an army, air force, or the marines. This particular place was run by an ex-Army colonel. ...Colonel Edward Staley. N-COUNT; N-TITLE; N-VOC ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n a high rank in the Army, Marines, or the US Air Force, or someone who has this rank ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1548, from M.Fr. coronel, modified by dissimilation from It. colonnella "commander of a column of soldiers at the head of a regiment," from compagna colonella "little column company," from L. columna "pillar." Eng. spelling modified 1583 to conform with It., but the earlier pronunciation was retained. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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