Colonel's subordinate Crossword Clue

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Colonel's subordinate Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
2. a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
(adjective)
1. greater in number or size or amount
2. (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the third and fourth degrees and the seventh and eighth degrees
(verb)
1. have as one’s principal field of study

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SUBORDINATE (adjective)
1. (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
2. lower in rank or importance
SUBORDINATE (noun)
1. a word that is more specific than a given word
2. an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
SUBORDINATE (verb)
1. make subordinate, dependent, or subservient
2. rank or order as less important or consider of less value
COLONEL (noun)
1. a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general

Hint 3: Anagram

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JORAM

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