Noun : When the vice president visited the state he was made a Kentucky colonel. From Dictionary.com.
He said with a twisted smile, "How much is a colonelcy?". From Wordnik.com. [The Weapon Shops of Isher]
He at least was later promoted to a colonelcy in the volunteers. From Wordnik.com. [Ferry Hill Plantation journal : January 4, 1838-January 15, 1839,] Reference
From the look on the man's face, he knew that he had his colonelcy. From Wordnik.com. [The Cardinal of the Kremlin]
Governor of Louisiana of my appointment to the colonelcy of the 9th. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
Montgomery, and finally given his Lieutenant-colonelcy by Congress. From Wordnik.com. [Colonel John Brown, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the Brave Accuser of Benedict Arnold] Reference
Countries, for, about 1709, he appears as purchasing the colonelcy of an. From Wordnik.com. [Henry Fielding: a Memoir] Reference
A man does not achieve that signal honour, let alone a colonelcy, by kindness. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Rifles]
LAMB: So it was up to the governor to decide whether he got a colonelcy or not. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity] Reference
His services in the campaign of 1701 were rewarded with the colonelcy of the famous. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
Colonel Wilcox has resigned; Lieutenant-Colonel Mitchell will succeed to the colonelcy. From Wordnik.com. [The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer] Reference
Whatever it was, it had been more important to him than love or marriage or a job or a colonelcy. From Wordnik.com. [More Than Human]
He was promoted to a colonelcy in 1755, and rose to the rank of brigadier before the close of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775 With Numerous Illustrative Notes] Reference
Two of these officers were soon promoted in the regimental service: Captain Tarbell to a colonelcy, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1884] Reference
Two cavalry regiments were added to the United States army in 1854, and to the colonelcy of one of these. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
He was forty-four years of age, and was gazetted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of his regiment in July 1899. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
Spring was coming for John Pelham; spring and, his friends predicted, advancement to a lieutenant colonelcy. From Wordnik.com. [Lee’s Lieutenants] Reference
In 1896 he was appointed second in command of his regiment, and received a brevet lieutenant-colonelcy in May 1898. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
Yet this resignation came easier than the one he had made six years before, from the colonelcy of the 1st U.S. Cavalry. From Wordnik.com. [The Guns Of The South]
Illinois, that they say, ` We've got to do something about these folks, 'that Grant becomes a-- a candidate for colonelcy. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity] Reference
Stellenbosch, an honorary lieutenant-colonelcy and a brace of medals from the South African Police, honorary citizenship of. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Since the day when his promotion had brought his adjutant, Brodsky, to the colonelcy, the regiment had retrograded steadily. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
The latter regiment tendered him the colonelcy, which was accepted; and he led it through the Virginia campaign, under McClellan and. From Wordnik.com. [Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive] Reference
His son, VICTOR FRANÇOIS, DUC DE BROGLIE (1718-1804), served with his father at Parma and Guastalla, and in 1734 obtained a colonelcy. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
In April 1797 Lord Paget was transferred to a lieut. -colonelcy in the 7th Light Dragoons, of which regiment he became colonel in 1801. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference
The Earl had given his nephew, however, the colonelcy of the. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
William J. Bryan accepted the colonelcy in a Nebraska regiment. From Wordnik.com. [The New Nation] Reference
The King dismissed him from the colonelcy of the Buckinghamshire. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III (of 4)] Reference
In 1855 my father was appointed to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes Every Child Should Know] Reference
Corinth a vacancy occurred in the colonelcy of the 2d Michigan cavalry. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Grant — Complete] Reference
What do I care that a young jackanapes buys his colonelcy over my head?. From Wordnik.com. [The Caxtons — Complete] Reference
The captain, anxious to rise to a colonelcy, exchanged into a line regiment. From Wordnik.com. [The Celibates] Reference
(This colonelcy was an honorary title which he held by custom rather than by law.). From Wordnik.com. [Jack O' Judgment] Reference
A Chicago regiment, the 19th infantry, had elected a very young man to the colonelcy. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Grant — Complete] Reference
He was eventually given the colonelcy of his regiment, and at times commanded a brigade. From Wordnik.com. [His Sombre Rivals] Reference
The vacancy in the lieutenant-colonelcy of the regiment was never filled, for what reason I do not know. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865] Reference
Lockhart, the English Ambassador at Paris, who asks that the colonelcy of a regiment might be given to Churchill. From Wordnik.com. [Political Women, Vol. 2 (of 2)] Reference
Government he received for his magnificent service a brevet lieutenant-colonelcy, and somewhat later the Companionship of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Gordon, Volume I] Reference
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