half-colonel

noun

lieutenant colonel

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Meanings

nounhalf-colonel (plural half-colonels)

plural half-colonels

  1. UKcolloquiallieutenant colonel

    'Yep. Lieutenant one day; major by the end of the week: lieutenant-colonel the week after. That's what it's like.' He snuffed down his nose in self-contempt. 'The office in Cairo is full of bogus half-colonels like me.'

    1965, Olivia Manning, Friends and Heroes (The Balkan Trilogy; 3), Bath: Chivers, page 895 (in series)

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
lieutenant colonel
Cite this entry
APA

half-colonel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half-colonel

MLA

“half-colonel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half-colonel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “half-colonel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half-colonel.

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