noun · common

colonel

colonel · colonels

полковник

Oberst

A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank…A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies, air forces or naval infantry (marines).

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UK/ˈkɜːnəl/US/ˈkɝnəl/

» Tom is a retired army colonel.

Том — армейский полковник в отставке.

Том — армійський полковник у відставці.

Meaning

5 senses

A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies, air forces or naval infantry (marines).
Oberst
полко́вникpolkóvnik
полко́вникpolkóvnyk
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
(historical)A military leader, distinct from the modern professional military rank.
An honorary civilian title bestowed by some southern US states, most commonly Kentucky; notably Colonel Sanders of KFC.
(Southern US, dated)An informal title used to address an elderly man.
(US)A form of address for an auctioneer, from the American Civil War practice of commanding officers organizing the public sale of seized goods.

Examples

54 sentences

Tom is a retired army colonel.
Том — армійський полковник у відставці.
ruТом — армейский полковник в отставке.
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He holds the rank of colonel.
deEr hat den Rang eines Oberst.
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Tom is a colonel.
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Tom is a retired colonel.
deTom ist Oberst a. D.
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Tom is a colonel now.
ruТом теперь полковник.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

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commissioned office in the armed services:

Русский

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commissioned office in the armed services:

Deutsch

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commissioned office in the armed services:

Origin

First attested in the 1540s, from Middle French coronnel, from Old Italian colonnello (“th

First attested in the 1540s, from Middle French coronnel, from Old Italian colonnello (“the officer of a small company of soldiers (column) that marched at the head of a regiment”), from compagnia colonnella (“little column company”), from Latin columna (“pillar”), originally a collateral form of columen, contraction culmen (“a pillar, top, crown, summit”), o-grade form from a Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to rise, be elevated, be prominent”). See hill, holm.

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