colonel : Idioms & Phrases


colonel blimp

  • noun any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)
    Blimp.
  • noun a pompous reactionary cartoon character created by Sir David Low
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Lieutenant colonel

  • noun a commissioned officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines holding a rank above major and below colonel
    lieutenant colonel.
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  • an army officer next in rank above major, and below colonel.
Webster 1913

light colonel

  • noun a commissioned officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines holding a rank above major and below colonel
    lieutenant colonel.
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