Col.
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Abbreviation of colonel. abbreviation, alt-of
"[…] Samuel White, of said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit: “History of the American Troops, during the late war, under the command of Cols. Fenton and Campbell, giving an account of the crossing of the lake from Erie to Long Point;[…]”"
- 2 Abbreviation of column. abbreviation, alt-of
- 3 Abbreviation of colonel. abbreviation, alt-of
- 4 Abbreviation of colour. abbreviation, alt-of
- 1 Abbreviation of Colossians. abbreviation, alt-of
- 2 Abbreviation of Colorado: a state of the United States. abbreviation, alt-of
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More examples"[…] Samuel White, of said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit: “History of the American Troops, during the late war, under the command of Cols. Fenton and Campbell, giving an account of the crossing of the lake from Erie to Long Point;[…]”"
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