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coloner
English
Etymology
colony +? -er?
Noun
coloner (plural coloners)
- (obsolete) A colonist.
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Anagrams
- Coronel, coronel
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colonel
English
Alternative forms
- coronel (obsolete)
- COL., Col. (abbreviation)
Etymology
First attested 1548, from Middle French coronnel, from Old Italian colonnello (“the officer of a small company of soldiers (column) that marched at the head of a regiment”), from compagna colonnella (“little column company”), from Latin columna (“pillar”), originally a collateral form of columen, contraction culmen (“a pillar, top, crown, summit”), o-grade form from a Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to rise, be elevated, be prominent”). See hill, holm.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k??n?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?n?l/
- Rhymes: -??(?)n?l
- Homophone: kernel
The anomalous pronunciation is probably a holdover of the pronunciation of the earlier, obsolete form coronel.
Noun
colonel (plural colonels)
- A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies, air forces or naval infantry (marines).
- The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it. […] But there was not a more lascivious reprobate and gourmand in all London than this same Greystone.
Usage notes
- When used as a title, it is always capitalized.
Related terms
- bird colonel
- colonel-general
- lieutenant-colonel
- royal colonel
Translations
Verb
colonel (third-person singular simple present colonels, present participle coloneling or colonelling, simple past and past participle coloneled or colonelled)
- (intransitive) To act as or like a colonel.
French
Alternative forms
- colonnel, coronel, coronnel (obsolete)
Etymology
From Italian colonnello. Compare Middle French coronel, borrowed earlier from the same source. See English colonel for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?.l?.n?l/
Noun
colonel m (plural colonels, feminine colonelle)
- A colonel, highest commissioned officer below generals.
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Related terms
- colonel-général
- lieutenant-colonel
Further reading
- “colonel” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French colonel, from Middle French coronel, which see.
Noun
colonel m (plural colonei)
- A colonel (military officer above lieutenant-colonel and below all generals)
Declension
Etymology 2
Borrowed from German Kolonel.
Noun
colonel n (uncountable)
- A glyph (A letter in a type of font.)
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