bird colonel

nounU.S. Military Slang.

chicken colonel.

Origin of bird colonel

First recorded in 1945–50

Words Nearby bird colonel

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How to use bird colonel in a sentence

Then–lieutenant colonel Rick Welch, now a full-bird colonel, was a reservist and district attorney from Morgan County, Ohio.
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Going to some damned hell-hole called Arzachel, all because a smooth bird colonel had pitched him a few soft words.
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British Dictionary definitions for bird colonel

bird colonel

noun

US military slang a full colonel in the US Army

Origin of bird colonel

from the eagle insignia of rank

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