Col.

Army officer title

Col. is the standard abbreviation for colonel, a military rank between lieutenant colonel and brigadier general: Col. Sanders, Col. Mustard.

The period indicates abbreviation.

In addresses and formal documents, it precedes a name: Col. James Richardson will preside over the ceremony.

military

colonel

Senior military officer

regiment · officer · commander · infantry · battalion · army · corps · rank · commission · commanding officer

geography

mountain pass

Route through highlands

peak · alpine · traverse · notch · gap · watershed · elevation · climb · Pyrenees · Alps

abbreviation

Mr.

Male honorific prefix

  • Mrs.Married woman's honorific
  • Ms.Woman's universal honorific
  • Dr.Title for physicians

Jr. · Sr. · Gen. · Lt. · Maj. · Capt. · Rev. · Hon. · Prof. · Gov.

Categories
Opposites
military rank hierarchy

Col.Pvt.

Lowest enlisted rank, shortened

enlisted · recruit · Gen. · Cpl. · corporal

abbreviation vs. full form

Col.column

Vertical structural element

unabbreviated · spelled out

Phrases
Family

colonial, colon, colloquial, colonize, colonialism, colonizer, colonized, colons, colonizing

Familiarity
Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G