chicken colonel
English
Noun
chicken colonel (plural chicken colonels)
- (US, slang, dated, military) A member of the US armed forces having the rank of full colonel, as distinct from a lieutenant colonel.
- 1951, "The Face Is Familiar," Time, 14 May,
- In 1944, when many of his West Point classmates—including Omar Bradley and Dwight Eisenhower—had won general's stars, Van Fleet was still a chicken colonel commanding a regiment.
- 1951, "The Face Is Familiar," Time, 14 May,
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