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Colonel

military rank of the United States
Intangible military_rank Q2984198
Colonel
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Summary

Colonel is a military rank[1]. Colonel ranks in the top 1% of military rank entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,191 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Instance of: worn insignia[4]
  • Subclass of: field officer[5]
  • Commons category: Colonels of the United States[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:American colonels[7]
  • Used by: United States[8]
  • NATO code for grade: OF-5[9]
  • Different from: Colonel[10]
  • Next lower rank: lieutenant colonel[11]
  • Next higher rank: brigadier general[12]

Body

Influence

Things named for Colonel include Casey County[13], a county of Kentucky[14], in United States[15], founded in 1806[16].

Why It Matters

Colonel has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Colonel is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Entities named for Colonel include Casey County[13], a county of Kentucky[14], in United States[15], founded in 1806[16].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . defense.gov. defense.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . defense.gov. defense.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Ske · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Nato code for grade → OF-5
    Country → United States
    Sitelink count → 10
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