colonel
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Is colonel a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
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What is the meaning of colonel?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (historical) A military leader, distinct from the modern professional military rank.Examples: "General Charles-Maximilian Fiennes was made colonel of the army."
2. (Southern US, dated) An informal title used to address an elderly man.
3. (US) A form of address for an auctioneer, from the American Civil War practice of commanding officers organizing the public sale of seized goods.
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To act as or like a colonel.
noun (English)
1. (military) The military officer title.Examples: "Consequently the necessity for the reorganization of the Guard, during the ten months’ absence of yourself and Colonels Smith and Banks, could not have been averted under our present Military Code."
Definition source: Wiktionary