Colonelcy

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The office, rank, or commission of a colonel.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The office, rank, or commission of a colonel.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The rank or office of a colonel
  • Word Usage
    "He purchased by-and-by what we should now call the colonelcy of a cavalry regiment, but was ill-pleased with the system which had transformed"
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