LIGHT COLONEL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A commissioned officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines holding a rank above major and below colonel

Synonyms:

lieutenant colonel; light colonel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("light colonel" is a kind of...):

colonel (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)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

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