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colonelcy
Variant of colonel
noun
- a military officer ranking above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general, and corresponding to a captain in the navy
- ☆ an honorary, nonmilitary title in some southern or western U.S. states
Related Forms:
- colonelcy noun pl. colonelcies
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