Definition of Colonel

Colonel

The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.

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Colonel Quotations

Colonel Parker asked Henry and me to come to Elvis' suite and have breakfast. There were at least five policemen stationed up there. He was talking on the telephone.
Minnie Pearl

The bust of Colonel Sanders stands as a monument to cruelty and has no place in the Kentucky state Capitol.
Pamela Anderson

I remember serving in Vietnam in that war, and many of us at the major Lieutenant Colonel, colonel level were frustrated that no one in the U.S. wanted to debate it that way.
William Odom

I met the Colonel when Elvis was recording some song I'd written for one of his movies. Elvis was just having fun with the gang and all the Memphis boys and Colonel Parker was sitting over here in like a theater seat.
Mac Davis

People ask me from time to time what it was like growing up with Henry Fonda as my father. I say, Ever see Fort Apache? He was like Colonel Thursday.
Peter Fonda

Great God of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel.
Karel Capek

I still have an old painting the Colonel gave me. It was the first time the Colonel had been back to the Hilton since Elvis had passed away.
Mac Davis

Time is not on Gaddafi's side. People ask about the exit strategy. It's Colonel Gaddafi who needs an exit strategy because this pressure will only mount and it will be intensified over the coming days and weeks.
William Hague

A woman who demands further gun control legislation is like a chicken who roots for Colonel Sanders.
Larry Elder

Yes. I was the first female colonel. I enjoyed being that kind of role model for young women watching the show. A woman can be a colonel! A woman can be in charge! Those were new ideas then.
Erin Gray

When the anchorman is wearing a colonel's uniform, it tells you something.
Linda Ellerbee

I am also a Kentucky Colonel and an Honorary Mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, among other things.
Jack L. Chalker

Colonel, I do not care to die, but I pray to God I may never leave this field.
Winfield Scott Hancock

Oh, go in anywhere Colonel, go in anywhere. You'll find lovely fighting all along the line.
Philip Kearny

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Colonel Translations

colonel in Dutch is kolonel
colonel in French is colonel
colonel in German is Oberst
colonel in Hungarian is ezredes
colonel in Italian is colonello
colonel in Norwegian is oberst
colonel in Portuguese is coronel
colonel in Spanish is coronel

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