| 单词 | full bird colonel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfull bird colonel A full colonel, as distinct from a lieutenant colonel. Also in full bird colonel. Cf. chicken colonel n., full colonel at full adj. 5b(b).With allusion to the rank's insignia: see the etymology. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > colonel colonel1548 lieutenant-colonel1616 col1707 chicken colonel1942 bird colonel1945 light colonel1950 bird1955 1945 East Hampton (N.Y.) Star 7 June 1/5 He is so enthusiastic about war and American soldiers that he goes around town pestering everyone from privates to bird colonels..for their insignia, buttons, braid, medals. 1945 Stars & Stripes (Paris ed.) 29 June 4/3 He was..on a plane with..other officers and dogfaces going to Paris. They all had funny looks on their faces when a full bird colonel met the plane..and acted like they were five-star generals. 1990 R. L. Forward Rocheworld 28 He's only a lieutenant colonel and I'm a bird colonel. 2012 R. F. Greaves Swifty King, Advice xvi. 136 Not a West Point guy... Regular promotions, jumped lots of guys getting to lieutenant colonel, fast-track promotion to bird colonel. < as lemmas |
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