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Colonel
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Coronel
A colonel
Bowie knife
formerly as a weapon in the southwestern part of the United States It was named from its inventor Colonel James Bowie Also by extension any large sheath knife
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Brigadier general
An officer in rank next above a colonel and below a major general He commands a brigade and is sometimes called by a shortening of his
Colonelcy
The office rank or commission of a colonel
Eacutetat Major
The staff of an army including all officers above the rank of colonel also all adjutants inspectors quartermasters commissaries engineers ordnance officers paymasters physicians signal officers judge advocates also the noncommissioned
Negus
made of wine water sugar nutmeg and lemon juice so called it is said from its first maker Colonel Negus
Brevet
Brevet, a commission conferring on an officer a degree of rank immediately above that which he holds in his particular regiment; without, however, conveying a power to receive the corresponding pay. Brevet rank does not exist...
Kenyon-Slaney Clause
not in accordance with the provisions of the trust deed. The clause was inserted on a motion of Colonel Kenyon-Slaney, M.P. for the Newport division of Shropshire, but the proviso was added by the House of Lords.
Precedence or precedency
Judges. || Baronets' eldest sons. || Knights' eldest sons. || Baronets' younger sons. || Knights' younger sons. ' Colonels. 'Doctors, with whom, it is said, rank barristers. ' Esquires. ' Gentlemen.
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