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Coronel
//ˈkɔɹ(ə)nəl// name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Spanish.
- 2 A city in Chile.
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of cronel. alt-of, alternative
"The follovving deſcription of the coronels or coronets, is given by [John] Guillim in his diſplay of heraldry."
- 2 Obsolete form of colonel. alt-of, obsolete
"Whereupon the said coronel did absolutely yield himself and the fort, with all therein, and craved only mercy, which it being not thought good to show them, both for danger of themselves, if being saved, they should afterwards join with the Irish, and also for terror to the Irish, who were much emboldened by those foreign succours, and also put in hope of more ere long;"
Etymology
From Spanish.
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