colonels

We have found lemma(root) word of colonels : colonel.

Definitions


[ˈkəːnl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a rank of officer in the army and in the US air force, above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier or brigadier general
(e.g: Olson is a retired Air Force colonel)


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Origin:
mid 16th century: from obsolete French coronel (earlier form of colonel), from Italian colonnello ‘column of soldiers’, from colonna ‘column’, from Latin columna. The form coronel, source of the modern pronunciation, was usual until the mid 17th century




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