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colonelship

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colo⋅nel⋅cy

  [kur-nl-see]
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–noun
the rank, position, or status of a colonel.
Also, colo⋅nel⋅ship.

Origin:
1790–1800; colonel + -cy
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colo·nel   (kûr'nəl)   
n.  

    1. Abbr. COL or Col or Col. A commissioned rank in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps that is above lieutenant colonel and below brigadier general.

    2. One who holds this rank or a similar rank in another military organization.

  2. An honorary nonmilitary title awarded by some states of the United States.


[Alteration of obsolete coronel, from French, from Old Italian colonello, from diminutive of colonna, column of soldiers, from Latin columna, column; see kel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
colo'nel·cy, colo'nel·ship' n.
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