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LIGHT COLONEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A commissioned officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines holding a rank above major and below colonel
Synonyms:
lieutenant colonel; light colonel
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("light colonel" is a kind of...):
colonel (a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)