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Noun: colonel  kur-n(u)l
  1. (military) 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
    "The colonel addressed the troops before the mission"

Sounds like: kernel

Derived forms: colonels

Type of: commissioned military officer

Encyclopedia: Colonel