Colonel
Colonel noun - 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.
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Synonyms for Colonel
General and colonel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "General" instead a noun "Colonel".
Nearby Word: colonelcy
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Insane Admiral: Naturally Played for Laughs with every visiting general and colonel (not to mention the resident ones) falling squarely into this trope.
Source: Series / 'Allo 'Allo! - This gets him promoted to colonel and the general's Number Two, while the general's former Number Two gets demoted back to corporal after unwisely noting that Alcazar's army has 3487 colonels and 27 corporals.
Source: Overranked Soldier -
Also, to an extent, Colonel/General Konstantin Zolotykh (he privately laments how becoming a general has changed him).
Source: Literature / Wolfish Nature
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