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colonel
noun
a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps. In U.S. military, it ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
Translations:
Dutch: kolonel
French: colonel
German: Oberst
Italian: colonello
Etymology:
First attested w:1548, 1548, from coronel, from Italian colonnello
the officer of a small company of soldiers (column) that marched at the head of a regiment
, from compagna colonnella
little column company
, from columna
pillar
.
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