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.
a commissioned officer of similar rank in the armed forces of some other nations.
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.
Older Use. a title of respect prefixed to the name of distinguished elderly men.
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Jane Carson, a retired colonel who was then head nurse of Lane’s ward, was getting ready for work when the rocket hit the center of their ward.
They need to speak to the lieutenant and the colonel and all up to me.
After graduating in 1958, he served as an Army pay clerk in Korea and landed a job as a military reporter after a concerned colonel helped him sober up.
Like many critics of the Army, this colonel looked to the Marine Corps for inspiration, arguing that their gender-segregated training was pragmatic and sensible.
So I called Brad Leighton, a lieutenant colonel and public affairs director of the Illinois guard, to get some clarity.
When a top Mobutu confidant named Colonel Alphonse Bangala purchased the island, Lometcha bought shares.
Those who spoke out against it included a fellow Air Force colonel, Lindsay Graham, who also happens to be a U.S. senator.
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.
My immediate chief was a Lieutenant Colonel Verne L. Bowers, clearly picked out by Eisenhower as a highly talented staff officer.
The Colonel and his two friends rode back towards the south, from whence they came.
"Colonel Shaffer is a few miles to the west with about five hundred men," replied Harry.
The Colonel read the dispatch of Captain Duffield, sitting on his bed in his nightclothes.
It was eleven o'clock before the river was crossed and the headquarters of Colonel Guitar reached.
Of this force, Colonel Guitar ordered one hundred to accompany him to Fulton.