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

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

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

n. A commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps. In U.S. military, it ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general.

n. The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.

n. The chief commander of a regiment of troops, whether infantry or cavalry, next in rank below that of a general officer—in the United States army, of a brigadier-general.

To act as colonel; play the colonel.

n. In angling, the name of an artificial salmon-fly

n. 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

"William Jackson was reportedly a professor at the University of Georgia; the nature of his military service and the source of the title colonel is unknown."

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