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honorary colonels

honorary colonels is the plural of honorary colonel.

Meaning of honorary colonel

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.

Questions about honorary colonels

What is honorary colonels the plural of?
Honorary colonels is the plural of honorary colonel.

Words near honorary colonels in the dictionary

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

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