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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Colonel \Colo"nel\, n. [F. colonel, It. colonello, prop., the
   chief or commander of a column, fr. colonna column, L.
   columna. See Column.] (Mil.)
   The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next
   above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier
   general.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

colonel
    n 1: 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