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Definition of Corporal

1. Noun. A noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines.

2. Adjective. Affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit. "A somatic symptom or somatic illness"

3. Adjective. Possessing or existing in bodily form. "`corporate' is an archaic term"

Definition of Corporal

1. 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.

2. a. Belonging or relating to the body; bodily.

3. n. A fine linen cloth, on which the sacred elements are consecrated in the eucharist, or with which they are covered; a communion cloth.

Definition of Corporal

1. Adjective. (archaic) Having a physical, tangible body; corporeal. ¹

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the body, ''especially'' the human body. ¹

3. Noun. (military) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private. ¹

4. Noun. A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman. ¹

5. Noun. (ecclesiastical) The white linen cloth on which the elements of the eucharist are placed; a communion cloth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Corporal

1. a military rank [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corporal

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corpora lutea cysts corpora para-aortica corpora quadrigemina corpora striata corporal (current term) corporal punishment corporal punishments corporalities corporality corporally

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Literary usage of Corporal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War by New Jersey Adjutant-General's Office, William Scudder Stryker (1872)
"corporal, Captain Jacob Ten Eyck's company, First Battalion, Somerset. ... corporal, Captain Coonrad Ten Eyck's company, Second Battalion, Somerset. ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"The right-hand end of the corporal is turned back to cover the paten when on the altar (except during oblation and consecration), the (•bailee being covered ..."

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