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English

Pronunciation

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Noun

Colonel (plural Colonels)

  1. (military) The military officer title.
    • 1899 March 31, Geo[rge] W[esley] Atkinson, “Status of Members of National Guard, Who were Volunteers In the Spanish War.—Correspondence Between Governor Atkinson and General [Baldwin Day] Spilman.”, in Public Addresses, Etc., of Geo. W. Atkinson, LL. D., D. C. L., Governor of West Virginia, During His Term of Office. [], [Charleston, W.Va.]: [] Public Printer, published 1901, →OCLC, page 291:
      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.
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German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English colonel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkœʁnəl/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔlənəl/ (sometimes; approaching an assumed English pronunciation)

Noun

Colonel m (strong, genitive Colonels or Colonel, plural Colonels or Colonel)

  1. colonel; Colonel (in Anglo-Saxon armies)
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French colonel.

Pronunciation

Noun

Colonel m (strong, genitive Colonels or Colonel, plural Colonels)

  1. colonel; Colonel (in Francophone armies)
Declension

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Romanian

Etymology

Diminutive of colun (wild donkey).

Proper noun

Colonel m (genitive/dative lui Colonel)

  1. a surname

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