Colonelcy

Quick meaning: Colonelcy is a noun meaning (military) The rank or office of a colonel.

Meaning

(military) The rank or office of a colonel.

Example Sentences

Did I tell you I've been given a colonelcy in the North Riding Volunteers?

At the close of this year (1776) he [John Chester] was recommended for a colonelcy in the new Continental Army, but on account of the condition of his personal affairs he declined the appointment and retired to private life, to the great regret, particularly, of General [George] Washington.

Meanwhile, he witnessed the mad log-rolling for colonelcies. "I was perfectly sickened at the political wire pulling for all these commissions," he [Ulysses S. Grant] told Jesse [Root Grant]. Of the first six colonels [Governor of Illinois, Richard] Yates appointed, not one had any experience, and only one was a West Pointer.

In the campaign of 1760, the general [De Soltikow], who had juſt obtained the colonelcy of the regiment of Wolfenbuttle, aſſembled a body of troops near Konimſthau; as the enemy did not enter Bohemia, as was expected, he repaired to the frontiers of Sileſia, failed in an attempt to ſurpriſe Neuſtadt, but actually cut off the Pruſſian regiment of Mantpeefel.

Word Forms

• colonelcies

Synonyms for colonelcy

Depending on context, synonyms include colonelship.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include brevet, colonelship, lieutenant-colonelcy, coronel, coronal, half-colonel.

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