Kentucky Colonel

noun3

1. •
   The greatest title of authority and honor bestown by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, recognizing noteworthy accomplishments, actions, deeds and service to a community, state or a nation.
2. •
   A natural person who has been recognized with the style of Honorable by the Governor of Kentucky and is granted a Kentucky Colonel Commission.
3. •
   A person holding the honorable title of colonel who lived in or migrated to Kentucky as the result of a land bounty deed.

   • The scene is laid at New York, in the house of Mr. Freeman, a New York merchant, who is uncle to the Kentucky Colonel. — 1833