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

• 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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