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Meaning of chicken colonel | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Synonym of bird colonel.

US, dated, slang

Examples

“In 1944, when many of his West Point classmates—including Omar Bradley and Dwight Eisenhower—had won general's stars, Van Fleet was still a chicken colonel commanding a regiment.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

chicken coop chicken cordon bleu chicken cutlet chicken cutlet Kiev-style chicken cutlet Kyiv-style chicken dance

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