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bird colonels

bird colonels is the plural of bird colonel.

Meaning of bird colonel

Noun

bird colonel (plural bird colonels)

  1. (US, slang) A member of the United States armed forces having the rank of full colonel, as distinct from a lieutenant colonel.
    • This month at 47, Colonel Polich retires after 20 years of service; as a reservist and an engineer, bird colonel is about the highest peacetime rank he can achieve.1960 July 4, “Pink Is for Learning”, in Time

Questions about bird colonels

What is bird colonels the plural of?
Bird colonels is the plural of bird colonel.

Words near bird colonels in the dictionary

  1. bird chorus
  2. bird choruses
  3. bird cliff
  4. bird cliffs
  5. bird colonel
  6. bird colonels
  7. bird colonies
  8. bird colony
  9. bird course
  10. bird courses
  11. Bird Cove

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