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colonelled

colonelled is the simple past and past participle of colonel.

Meaning of colonel

Verb

colonel (third-person singular simple present colonels, present participle (US) coloneling or (UK) colonelling, simple past and past participle (US) coloneled or (UK) colonelled)

  1. (intransitive) To act as or like a colonel.
    • Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling,
      And out he rode Colonelling.1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, London, page 2

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Questions about colonelled

What is colonelled the simple past and past participle of?
Colonelled is the simple past and past participle of colonel.

Words near colonelled in the dictionary

  1. colonelcy
  2. coloneled
  3. coloneless
  4. colonelesses
  5. coloneling
  6. colonelled
  7. colonelling
  8. colonels
  9. colonels commandant
  10. colonels' coup
  11. colonels' coups

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