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English
Pronunciation
Noun
Colonel (plural Colonels)
- (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
Noun
Colonel m (strong, genitive Colonels or Colonel, plural Colonels or Colonel)
Declension
Declension of Colonel [masculine, strong]
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
Colonel m (strong, genitive Colonels or Colonel, plural Colonels)
Declension
Declension of Colonel [masculine, strong]
See also
- Oberst (the general word)
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Romanian
Etymology
Diminutive of colun (“wild donkey”).
Proper noun
Colonel m (genitive/dative lui Colonel)
- a surname
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