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honorary colonel

honorary colonel noun: a title given to a person who is not a military officer but is appointed to a regiment to provide a connection between the community and the military.

Noun

honorary colonel (plural honorary colonels)

  1. A title given to a person who is not a military officer but is appointed to a regiment to provide a connection between the community and the military.
  2. A senior officer of the regiment, carrying considerable moral authority as the symbolic and ceremonial head of the a regiment.

Synonyms of honorary colonel

Forms of honorary colonel

pluralhonorary colonels

Questions about honorary colonel

What does honorary colonel mean?
Honorary colonel means a title given to a person who is not a military officer but is appointed to a regiment to provide a connection between the community and the military.
What part of speech is honorary colonel?
Honorary colonel is a noun.
What is the plural of honorary colonel?
The plural of honorary colonel is honorary colonels.

Words near honorary colonel in the dictionary

  1. honorary
  2. honorary Aryan
  3. honorary Aryans
  4. honorary authorship
  5. honorary authorships
  6. honorary colonel
  7. honorary colonels
  8. honorary consul
  9. honorary consulate
  10. honorary consulates
  11. honorary consuls

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