DictionaryRoot: columna
Latin

columna

pillar

1 / 1
In a military formation, a senior officer stands before a regiment giving orders while a higher-ranking general observes from behind, showing the colonel commanding below the general.
noun

colonel

KUR-nuhl/ˈkɜːrnl/

A military officer ranking above lieutenant colonel and below brigadier or brigadier general.

Etymology

The “pillar” image became a column of soldiers. The title arose from the commander of the “little column company” at the head of a regiment.

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