Colonel
The "Colonel" is the mascot of various organisations.
- Eastern Kentucky University
- Centre College
- Curry College
- Nicholls State University
- Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
- The Kentucky Colonels, a successful team in the American Basketball Association
- Kentucky Fried Chicken (whose mascot is based on a real person, Colonel Sanders, who was a genuine (non-miltary) Kentucky colonel.)
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References
- ^ See this list of colonel-in-chief appointments held by HRH The Prince of Wales.
- ^ A webpage by a Scottish regiment concerning their Colonel-in-Chief.
- Comparative military ranks
- Keegan, John; & Wheatcroft, Andrew (1996). Who's Who in Military History: From 1453 to the Present Day. London: Routledge.
- Cecil Adams of the Straight Dope on the pronunciation of "colonel": http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_250.html
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