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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>COLONEL</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="colon"> colon (2), noun, pl. -lons, -la.<DL COMPACT><DD> the part of the large intestine in which solid waste is accumulated and prepared for elimination from the body. It extends from the cecum to the rectum. </DL> <A NAME="colon"> colon (3), noun, pl. -lons, -lones.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the unit of money of Costa Rica, equal to 100 centimos. <DD> 2. the unit of money of El Salvador, equal to 100 centavos. </DL> <A NAME="colon"> colon (4), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) a French colonial; settler; planter. Ex. To him, the enemy was not France but the land-owning French in Algeria, the colons (Manchester Guardian). </DL> <A NAME="colon"> colon, noun, pl. -lones.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Spanish.) colon, the unit of money of Costa Rica or El Salvador. </DL> <A NAME="colonel"> colonel, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an officer ranking next below a brigadier general and next above a lieutenant colonel. A colonel is a commissioned officer. In the United States, the Army, the Air Force, and the Marines all have colonels. Ex. ... the regiment to be commanded by a Colonel and each of the Battalions by a Lieutenant Colonel or Major (Duke of Wellington). <DL COMPACT><DD> (Abbr:) Col. </DL> </DL> <A NAME="colonelblimp"> Colonel Blimp,<DL COMPACT><DD> an ultraconservative Englishman; Blimp. </DL> <A NAME="colonelbogey"> Colonel Bogey,<DL COMPACT><DD> an imaginary player in golf with an assigned score against which other players must contend. </DL> <A NAME="colonelcy"> colonelcy, noun, pl. -cies.<DL COMPACT><DD> the rank, commission, or authority of a colonel. </DL> <A NAME="colonelship"> colonelship, noun. =colonelcy.</DL> <A NAME="colonia"> colonia, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in Mexico) a city district or suburb. </DL> <A NAME="colonial"> colonial, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1a. of or having to do with a colony or colonies. Ex. a colonial governor, colonial policy. Many European countries have lost or given up their colonial possessions since World War II. <DD> b. practicing colonialism; having colonies. Ex. colonial powers. <DD> 2a. of or having to do with the thirteen British colonies that became the United States of America. Ex. colonial skirmishes with the Indians. <DD> b. living in one of these colonies. Ex. Paul Revere was a colonial silversmith. <DD> c. characteristic of or produced in one or several of these colonies. Ex. a colonial costume, colonial furniture. <DD> 3a. (Biology.) forming a colony; consisting of or living as colonies. Ex. colonial wasps. <DD> b. (Bacteriology.) forming a mass of microorganisms arising from a single cell. <DD>noun a person who lives in a colony. Ex. The colonials are as sensitive to home criticism as the Yankees (Fraser's Magazine). adv. colonially. </DL> <A NAME="colonialbent"> colonial bent,<DL COMPACT><DD> a perennial pasture grass that has smaller and shorter red flower clusters than redtop and that grows well in cooler climates. It is used especially in eastern North America to cover golf courses and athletic fields. </DL> <A NAME="colonialism"> colonialism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the policy of a nation that rules or seeks to rule weaker or dependent nations, often with or for economic exploitation. Ex. We condemn colonialism and political subjugation of people in all their forms (London Times). <DD> 2. the condition of being a colony. <DD> 3. a colonial idiom, usage, or practice. </DL> <A NAME="colonialist"> colonialist, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a person or nation that favors or practices colonialism. <DD>adj. 1. of or having to do with colonialism or colonialists. Ex. the colonialist way of life. <DD> 2. favoring or practicing colonialism. Ex. In the 1800's most European countries were colonialist powers. </DL> <A NAME="colonialistic"> colonialistic, adjective. =colonialist.</DL> <A NAME="colonialize"> colonialize, transitive verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to subject (a country or people) to colonialism. </DL> <A NAME="colonic"> colonic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, having to do with, or affecting the colon. </DL> <A NAME="colonies"> Colonies, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> the, the thirteen British colonies that became the United States of America: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. </DL> <A NAME="colonise"> colonise, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -nised, -nising.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) colonize. </DL> <A NAME="colonist"> colonist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who lives in a colony. Ex. Early colonists in New England suffered much from cold and hunger. <DD> 2. a person who helps to found a colony; settler. Ex. The Roman military colonists remained Roman alike on the Rhine and on the Euphrates (James A. Froude). <DD> 3. an animal or plant found in a region in which it is not indigenous. </DL> <A NAME="colonization"> colonization, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the establishment of a colony or colonies. Ex. The English, French, Dutch, and Spanish all took part in the colonization of North America. </DL> <A NAME="colonizationist"> colonizationist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an advocate of colonization. <DD> 2. (Historical.) a person in the United States who favored colonization of emancipated slaves and free Negroes, especially in Africa, as the best remedy for the evils and dangers produced by slavery. </DL> <A NAME="colonize"> colonize, verb, -nized, -nizing.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to establish a colony or colonies in. Ex. The English colonized New England. <DD> 2. to establish (persons) in a colony; settle in a colony. <DD>v.i. to form a colony; settle in a colony. </DL> <A NAME="colonizer"> colonizer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or country that colonizes. Ex. Kiliaen Van Rensselaer was one of the leading colonizers of the territory that later became New York (Ian C. C. Graham). </DL> <A NAME="colonnade"> colonnade, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a series of columns set the same distance apart. A colonnade usually supports a roof, ceiling, cornice, or the like. </DL> <A NAME="colonnaded"> colonnaded, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a colonnade. Ex. colonnaded halls. </DL> <A NAME="colony"> colony, noun, pl. -nies.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1a. a group of people who leave their own country and go to settle in another land, but who still remain citizens of their own country. Ex. The Pilgrim colony came from England to America in 1620. <DD> b. the settlement made by such a group of people. Ex. The Pilgrims founded a colony at Plymouth, Massachusetts. <DD> 2. a territory distant from the country that governs it. Ex. Hong Kong is a British colony. (SYN) possession, dependency, dominion. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) <DD> a. a group of people from one country or occupation living in a certain part of a city. Ex. the Italian colony in Boston. There is a colony of artists in Paris. <DD> b. the district in which such a group lives. Ex. Greenwich Village in New York is an artists' colony. <DD> 4a. (Biology.) a group of animals or plants of the same kind, living or growing together. Ex. We found two colonies of ants under the steps. Coral grows in colonies. <DD> b. (Bacteriology.) a mass of microorganisms arising from a single cell, living on or in a solid or partially solid medium. Ex. The petri dish is left in a warm incubator for 24 hours, whereupon numerous bacterial colonies can be seen without magnification (Fred W. Emerson). </DL> <A NAME="colophon"> colophon, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a small design or device of a publisher usually placed on the last page of a book, but sometimes on the title page or the spine. Ex. The volume was uninjured and entire from title page to colophon (Scott). <DD> 2. an inscription or a note placed at the end of a book or manuscript, giving the title, the name of the scribe or printer, the date and place of printing, and sometimes the type used. </DL> <A NAME="colophony"> colophony, noun. =rosin.</DL> <A NAME="coloquintida"> coloquintida, noun. =colocynth (def. 3).</DL> <A HREF="color.dic">NEXT</A>