Meaning of Kentucky Colonel | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of Kentucky Colonel.
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2. The greatest title of authority and honor bestown by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, recognizing noteworthy accomplishments, actions, deeds and service to a community, state or a nation.
3. A natural person who has been recognized with the style of Honorable by the Governor of Kentucky and is granted a Kentucky Colonel Commission.
4. A person holding the honorable title of colonel who lived in or migrated to Kentucky as the result of a land bounty deed.

Examples

“The scene is laid at New York, in the house of Mr. Freeman, a New York merchant, who is uncle to the Kentucky Colonel.”

“President George H. W. Bush was a Kentucky Colonel.”

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