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chicken colonel

chicken colonel noun: synonym of bird colonel.

Noun

chicken colonel (plural chicken colonels)

  1. (US, dated, slang) Synonym of bird colonel.
    • In 1944, when many of his West Point classmates—including Omar Bradley and Dwight Eisenhower—had won general's stars, Van Fleet was still a chicken colonel commanding a regiment.1951 May 14, “The Face Is Familiar”, in Time
    Synonyms:
    bird colonel

Synonyms of chicken colonel

Forms of chicken colonel

pluralchicken colonels

Questions about chicken colonel

What does chicken colonel mean?
Chicken colonel means synonym of bird colonel.
What part of speech is chicken colonel?
Chicken colonel is a noun.
What is the plural of chicken colonel?
The plural of chicken colonel is chicken colonels.

Words near chicken colonel in the dictionary

  1. chicken button
  2. chicken buttons
  3. chicken cannon
  4. chicken cannons
  5. chicken cholera
  6. chicken colonel
  7. chicken colonels
  8. chicken coop
  9. chicken coops
  10. chicken cordon bleu
  11. chicken cutlet

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