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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A full colonel.
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- noun US, slang, military A member of the U. S.
armed forces having therank offull colonel , as distinct from alieutenant colonel .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From the eagle of the insignia.]
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From the insignia of rank, which bears a depiction of an eagle.
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