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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
colonel
n : a commissioned military officer in the US Army or Air Force
or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below
a brigadier general
more about colonel
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