coronal
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The first flight to connect both countries was operated by Turpial, an airline owned by a retired Venezuelan air force coronel.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 2022
“How many mules and horses did the coronel have?”
From The New Yorker • Sep. 12, 2005
A toast to the United States by the coronel followed, and as soon as the black man arrived with a third round the Republic of Brazil was pledged.
From The Pathless Trail by Friel, Arthur O. (Arthur Olney)
Colonel has the spelling of Fr. colonel, but its pronunciation points rather to the dissimilated Spanish form coronel which is common in Elizabethan English.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
"Your friend José has left us," the coronel informed them, dryly, interpreting the look.
From The Pathless Trail by Friel, Arthur O. (Arthur Olney)
