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Colonel

Colonel, n.

noun

(kôr'nel), n. [Fr. colonel, for colonnel, It. colonnello, Sp. & Pg. coronel, properly the chief or commander of a column, from Fr. colonne, It. colonna, from Lat. columna, column.] (Mil.) The chief commander of a regiment of troops; the officer next below a brigadier-general.

Colonel, v. i.

verbintransitive

(kōr'nel), v. i. To play the colonel; to rove about as a knight-errant. [Low.] When he forsook the peaceful dwelling, And out he went a coloneling. Hudibras.