half-colonel
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "'Yep. Lieutenant one day; major by the end of the week: lieutenant-colonel the week after. That's what it's like.' He snuffed down his nose in self-contempt. 'The office in Cairo is full of bogus half-colonels like me.'"
Usage
- British usage
- Colloquial