Definition of corporal Corporal

/kɔˈɹpɚʌl/ - [korperul] - cor•po•ral

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Plural: corporals

corporal - a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines

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corporal (Noun)
A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.
corporal (Noun)
A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
corporal (Noun)
The white linen cloth on which the elements of the eucharist are placed; a communion cloth .
corporal (Adjective)
Having a physical, tangible body; corporeal.
corporal (Adjective)
Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

corporal (n.)
A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncommissioned officer in a company of infantry. He places and relieves sentinels.
corporal (a.)
Belonging or relating to the body; bodily.
corporal (a.)
Having a body or substance; not spiritual; material. In this sense now usually written corporeal.
corporal (a.)
Alt. of Corporale

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

corporal
A non-commissioned officer rank in the U.S.A army.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

corporal
kor′po-ral, n. in the British army, the grade of non-commissioned officer next in rank to a sergeant; in the navy, a petty officer under a master-at-arms.—n. Cor′poralship. [Fr. caporal—It. caporale—capo, the head—L. caput, the head.]
corporal
kor′po-ral, adj. belonging or relating to the body: having a body: not spiritual.—n. the cloth used in Catholic churches for covering the elements of the Eucharist—also Cor′porale, Cor′poras (obs.).—n. Corporal′ity, state of being corporal—opp. to Spirituality.—adv. Cor′porally.—adj. Cor′porate, legally united into a body so as to act as an individual: belonging to a corporation: united.—adv. Cor′porately.—ns. Cor′porateness; Corporā′tion, a body or society authorised by law to act as one individual: rotundity of figure, a pot-belly.—adj. Cor′porātive.—n. Cor′porātor, a member of a corporation.—adj. Corpō′real, having a body or substance; material.—v.i. and v.t. Corpō′realise.—ns. Corpō′realism, materialism; Corpō′realist, a materialist; Corporeal′ity.—adv. Corpō′really.—ns. Corporē′ity; Corporificā′tion, act of corporifying.—v.t. Corpor′ify, to embody: solidify.—Corporal punishment, punishment inflicted on the body, as flogging, &c.—Aggregate corporation, a corporation consisting of several persons; Sole corporation, a corporation which consists of one person and his successors. [L. corporalis—corpus, corpŏris, the body.]

Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️

corporal
of a ship of war, an officer under the master at arms, employed to teach the sailors the exercise of small arms, or musketry; to attend at the gangway, or entering-ports, and observe that no spirituous liquors are brought into the ship, unless by particular leave from the officers. He is also to extinguish the fire and candles at eight o’clock in winter, and nine in summer, when the evening gun is fired; and to walk frequently down in the lower decks in his watch, to see that there are no lights but such as are under the charge of proper centinels.

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

corporal
In the military service, is a non-commissioned officer next in rank below a sergeant. He is distinguished by two chevrons worn on the arm.

Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅

corporal
To mount a corporal and four; to be guilty of onanism: the thumb is the corporal, the four fingers the privates.

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corporal, noun, singular of corporals.

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