coloneless noun2 •(old-fashioned) A female colonel.Suppose a Coloneless, or a Majoress, or a Captainess received orders to lead her men up to a dangerous post, under a heavy fire, how would she do it? — 1852 •(old-fashioned) The wife of a colonel.The colonel’s spouse is oberstinde (coloneless). — 1966 formscolonelesses