D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Colonel

/kẽrn'-əl/ · Colo·nel · IPA /ˈkɝ.nl̩/
01 n. The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.
  1. 1.
    The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.(Mil.)