2. (loan) (noun) colonel - an army officer in charge of a regiment, immediately below a brigadier in rank.
Ka haere ia ki te whakaatu ki te kānara i te āhua o te noho o te hoariri i muri i a mātou. / He went to inform the colonel of the way the enemy were deployed to the rear of us.
3. (loan) (personal noun) Colonel - the title of an army officer in charge of a regiment, immediately below a brigadier in rank.
I te whawhai hoki ia ki a Te Kooti, i a Kānara Makitānara rāua ko Meiha Keepa. / He also fought against Te Kooti with Colonel McDonnell and Major Keepa.
