ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Colonel', Synonyms of 'Colonel' & More on 'Colonel'

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

ADC, CO, OD, aide, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigadier general, captain, chicken colonel, chief of staff, commandant, commander, commander in chief, commanding officer, commissioned officer, company officer, exec, executive officer, field marshal, field officer, first lieutenant, five-star general, four-star general, general, general officer, generalissimo, jemadar, junior officer, lieutenant, lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general, major, major general, marechal, marshal, officer, one-star general, orderly officer, risaldar, senior officer, shavetail, sirdar, staff officer, subahdar, subaltern, sublieutenant, the Old Man, the brass, three-star general, top brass, two-star general

Dictionary Results for colonel:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

colonel
    n 1: 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

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   [1913 Webster]

3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

COLONEL. An officer in the army, next below a brigadier general, bears this 
title.

Common Misspellings >