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Coloner vs Colonel - What's the difference?

coloner | colonel |

As nouns the difference between coloner and colonel

is that coloner is (obsolete) a colonist while colonel is a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps in us military, it ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general.

coloner

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A colonist.
  • (Holland)
    (Webster 1913)

    colonel

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete) * (abbreviation) * (abbreviation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps. In U.S. military, it ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general.
  • *
  • The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it. […] But there was not a more lascivious reprobate and gourmand in all London than this same Greystone.

    Usage notes

    * When used as a title, it is always capitalized.