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honorary colonel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English

Syllables
hon-orary -colonel
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

noun

A senior officer of the regiment, carrying considerable moral authority as the symbolic and ceremonial head of the a regiment.

Inflected Forms

honorary colonels (plural)

Phrases

Kentucky Colonel

Frequently Paired Words

Kentucky Colonel

Synonyms

Honorable Colonel

Questions

What does honorary colonel mean?
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.

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