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
Officer and colonel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Officer" instead a noun "Colonel".
Nearby Word: colonelcy
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Colonel Klink of Hogan's Heroes does this to pretty much every officer that walks in the door, General Burkhalter especially.
Source: Sycophantic Servant -
He wasn't a colonel, but as an officer, he was viewed this way by the enlisted men because of the things he said and did.
Source: Colonel Badass -
Colonel Jannings, who smugly says that the Della Norte Dam that the Americans want to destroy is impregnable, over the objections of Wehrmacht officer Captain von Hecht.
Source: The Neidermeyer
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