COLIN LUTHER POWELL

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• COLIN LUTHER POWELL (noun)
  The noun COLIN LUTHER POWELL has 1 sense:

1. United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937)

  Familiarity information: COLIN LUTHER POWELL used as a noun is very rare.

• COLIN LUTHER POWELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Colin luther Powell; Colin Powell; Powell

Instance hypernyms:

full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)

national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)