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Adjutant
noun · 78% connection
A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: officer, rank, next, colonel, major.
Admiral
noun · 78% connection
A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: officer, rank, next, colonel, major.
Banneret
noun · 78% connection
A title of rank, conferred for heroic deeds, and hence, an order of knighthood; also, the person bearing such title or rank.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: officer, rank, next, colonel, major.
Baron
noun · 78% connection
A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and G…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: officer, rank, next, colonel, major.
Brevet
adjective · 78% connection
Taking or conferring rank by brevet; as, a brevet colonel; a brevet commission.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: officer, rank, next, colonel, major.
Brigade
noun · 78% connection
A body of troops, whether cavalry, artillery, infantry, or mixed, consisting of two or more regiments, under the command of a brigadie…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: officer, rank, next, colonel, major.
Captain
noun · 78% connection
An officer in the United States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the army.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: officer, rank, next, colonel, major.
Charles's Wain
unknown · 78% connection
The group of seven stars, commonly called the Dipper, in the constellation Ursa Major, or Great Bear. See Ursa major, under Ursa.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: officer, rank, next, colonel, major.
Colonel
noun · 78% connection
The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: officer, rank, next, colonel, major.
Colonelcy
noun · 78% connection
The office, rank, or commission of a colonel.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: officer, rank, next, colonel, major.
Commander
noun · 78% connection
An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: officer, rank, next, colonel, major.
Commission
noun · 78% connection
A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: officer, rank, next, colonel, major.
Commodore
noun · 78% connection
An officer who ranks next above a captain; sometimes, by courtesy, the senior captain of a squadron. The rank of commodore corresponds…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: officer, rank, next, colonel, major.
Comply
verb · 78% connection
act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes; "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or else!"; "Follow t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: officer, rank, next, colonel, major.
Disobey
verb · 78% connection
Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authorit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: officer, rank, next, colonel, major.
Ditone
noun · 78% connection
The Greek major third, which comprehend two major tones (the modern major third contains one major and one minor whole tone).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: officer, rank, next, colonel, major.
Dog
noun · 78% connection
One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: officer, rank, next, colonel, major.
Dur
adjective · 78% connection
Major; in the major mode; as, C dur, that is, C major.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: officer, rank, next, colonel, major.
