Definition of "colonels" [colonels]

• Plural form of colonel. (noun)

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• "The real issue there is when will they start to appoint the assistant secretaries and the worker bees, what I call the colonels and lieutenant colonels at all the government agencies who do a lot of the work."
• "Perhaps in an effort not to label the colonels unfairly and write them off emotionally, Ronald Steel has ended up protesting too much."
• "Among his colonels was the scoundrel McGarry, who, in cold blood, murdered the old Shawnee chief, Molunthee, several hours after he had been captured; the shame of the barbarous deed being aggravated by the fact that the old chief had always been friendly to the Americans."