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EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionarycol·o·nel
ˈkər-nᵊl Definition
- : a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps ranking above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
- : a minor titular official of a state especially in southern or midland U.S. —used as an honorific title
Examples
- //He retired as a colonel in the air force.
First Known Use
1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1aHistory and Etymology
alteration of coronel, from Middle French, modification of Old Italian colonnello column of soldiers, colonel, diminutive of colonna column, from Latin columna — see columncoloration
Definition
- : the state of having color //the coloration of the skin from a bruise: use or choice of colors (as by an artist): arrangement of colors //the coloration of a butterfly's wing
- : characteristic quality //The newspapers … took on the former coloration of the magazines … — L. B. Seltzer: aspect suggesting an attitude //… the chameleon talent for taking on the intellectual coloration of whatever idea he happened to fasten onto. — Budd Schulberg
- : subtle variation of intensity or quality of tone //a wide range of coloration from the orchestra
Examples
- //the coloration of a flower
- //the bright yellow coloration of the curtains
- //wine glasses with circle designs and blue and green colorations
- //He attempted to give a religious coloration to the war.
Definition
- : a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps ranking above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
- : a minor titular official of a state especially in southern or midland U.S. —used as an honorific title
Examples
- //He retired as a colonel in the air force.
First Known Use
1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1aHistory and Etymology
alteration of coronel, from Middle French, modification of Old Italian colonnello column of soldiers, colonel, diminutive of colonna column, from Latin columna — see columncoloration
Definition
- : the state of having color //the coloration of the skin from a bruise: use or choice of colors (as by an artist): arrangement of colors //the coloration of a butterfly's wing
- : characteristic quality //The newspapers … took on the former coloration of the magazines … — L. B. Seltzer: aspect suggesting an attitude //… the chameleon talent for taking on the intellectual coloration of whatever idea he happened to fasten onto. — Budd Schulberg
- : subtle variation of intensity or quality of tone //a wide range of coloration from the orchestra
Examples
- //the coloration of a flower
- //the bright yellow coloration of the curtains
- //wine glasses with circle designs and blue and green colorations
- //He attempted to give a religious coloration to the war.
First Known Use