COLONEL

abbreviation Col [noun] [C] - an officer of high rank in the army or air forceColonel (Marcus) FurlongGood morning, Colonel. [as form of address]Colonel is the military rank between lieutenant-colonel and brigadier.(esp. UK dated disapproving) A Colonel Blimp is an old man with old-fashioned military principles and an unreasonably high opinion of both himself and his country.