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Meaning of half-colonel | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

lieutenant colonel

UK, colloquial

Examples

“'Yep. Lieutenant one day; major by the end of the week: lieutenant-colonel the week after. That's what it's like.' He snuffed down his nose in self-contempt. 'The office in Cairo is full of bogus half-colonels like me.'”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

Half-coupling half-court line half-court violation half-cousin half-crown half-deal