bird colonel
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of bird colonel
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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I made bird colonel 6 years early, and I feel I earned my keep by making our spy satellites more effective.
From New York Times
He said the next step, he hopes, will be full bird colonel.
From Washington Times
Bird Colonel drops in class after being off almost a year.
From Seattle Times
A bird colonel at 30, he became the youngest major general in the Army in 1956.
From Time Magazine Archive
Abrams tries every day to get away from the paperwork at his headquarters in Frankfurt, climb aboard his personal Bell helicopter and whirl off to inspect everyone in a unit from bird colonel to buck private.
From Time Magazine Archive
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