Colonels

Word COLONELS
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Definitions and meanings of "Colonels"

What do we mean by colonels?

A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies, air forces or naval infantry (marines).

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The word "colonels" in example sentences

The real issue there is when will they start to appoint the assistant secretaries and the worker bees, what I call the colonels and lieutenant colonels at all the government agencies who do a lot of the work. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Perhaps in an effort not to label the colonels unfairly and write them off emotionally, Ronald Steel has ended up protesting too much. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Among his colonels was the scoundrel McGarry, who, in cold blood, murdered the old Shawnee chief, Molunthee, several hours after he had been captured; the shame of the barbarous deed being aggravated by the fact that the old chief had always been friendly to the Americans. ❋ Theodore Roosevelt (1888)

In reading this correspondence, I have found these great muftis and lawyers, these great chief-justices, attorneys-general, and solicitors-general, called colonels and captains, ashamed of these proceedings, and endeavoring to mitigate their cruelty; yet we see ❋ Edmund Burke (1763)

He is giving you information on Lashkar training camps and what is the role of so-called colonels and majors and so on ... ❋ Unknown (2010)

In October 1939 al­-Husseini already had gone to Baghdad and met with the Committee of Free Arabs, which was led by the so-called colonels of the Golden Square, to discuss plans for a revolution against the British. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The present situation, under which only more junior military officers, such as colonels and captains, are allowed to visit Taiwan, doesn't work. ❋ Michael Turton (2006)

Non-combatants were promoted to "colonels," and authentic heroes were immortalized in marble. ❋ Woodward, C. Vann (1980)

Our simple forms of titular respect have been condemned abroad, and we are accused of being all "colonels" and "generals;" but a wife should still give her husband his title. ❋ Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood (N/A)

Most of those countries -- each of which has a vote in the UN General Assembly -- are ruled by the most adventurous and brutal of colonels or tribal chieftains. ❋ Ken Blackwell (2011)

"Along with losing their freedom, 14 general-admirals and 58 colonels lost their right to be evaluated in the upcoming Supreme Military Council and were punished beforehand even though there have been no definitive judicial decisions against them," Gen. Kosaner said in his statement. ❋ Marc Champion (2011)

He said two of the commander's aides, both colonels, were also killed in the attack by gunmen and that rebels had arrested the head of the group behind the attack. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Abdel-Fattah Younis' body was found Thursday, dumped outside the rebels' de facto capital of Benghazi, along with the bodies of two colonels who were his top aides. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Known as Constantine the Little in Greece, he is a sad figure and widely unpopular – not least because, when the fascist colonels took power in a coup in 1967, Constantine swore them in. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Mr. Lee: Once it started, these monarchies and authoritarian governments, either generals or colonels like Libyan leader Col. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Two Mirage warplanes from the Libyan air force fled a Tripoli air base and landed on the nearby island of Malta, and their pilots — two colonels — asked for political asylum, Maltese military officials said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

After seeing their fellow pilots begin the airstrikes, the two pilots described as "senior colonels" diverted course toward Malta, Al Jazeer reports. ❋ Unknown (2011)

A couple of U.S. Army colonels looking at a map in Washington selected the 38th Parallel as the dividing line between the areas of national responsibility. ❋ Col. Matthew Moten (2011)

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