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Webster 1913 Edition

Colonel

Colo′nel

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Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Colonel

COLONEL

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Noun.
The chief commander of a regiment of troops, whether infantry or cavalry. He ranks next below a brigadier-general. In England, colonel-lieutenant is the commander of a regiment of guards, of which the king, prince or other person of eminence is colonel. Lieutenant-colonel is the second officer in a regiment, and commands it in the absence of the colonel.

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