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corporal
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 a. 1 (context archaic English) Having a physical, tangible body; corporeal. 2 Of or pertaining to the body, ''especially'' the human body. Etymology 2 n. 1 (context military English) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The corporal (arch. corporax , from Latin corpus "body") is a square white linen cloth , now usually somewhat smaller than the breadth of the altar, upon which the chalice and paten , and also the ciborium containing the smaller hosts for the Communion ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect"; "corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness" [syn: bodily , corporeal , somatic ] possessing or existing in bodily form; ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Corporal \Cor"po*ral\ (k[^o]r"p[-o]*ral), ||Corporale \Cor`po*ra"le\ (-r?"l?), n. [LL. corporale: cf. F. corporal. See Corporal ,a.] A fine linen cloth, on which the sacred elements are consecrated in the eucharist, or with which they are covered; a communion ...
Usage examples of corporal.
Ariani when Corporal Kallas and his twin brother Aulos grabbed him and hoisted him onto one of the tables.
A replacement corporal who had joined us for the mountain fighting at Baguio and Balete Pass, April of this year, first wanted to kick a few hundred of them in what we shall euphemistically call the lower groin.
I have interviewed a Major Blair, who served in the SAS with Bellhanger, and Lance Corporal Sweeting, who now lives in Italy.
Bloom snorted disgustedly, feeling outraged that a dimwit Wop of a buckass private should have money for icecream while the corporals went broke.
I was then placed under arrest by a Fenian, by order of his commanding officers, and conveyed to a farm house, where I found two of our wounded men, young VanderSmissen, of the University Rifles, badly wounded in the thigh, and Corporal Lakey, shot through the mouth.
I retreated into the communications bunker and ordered the corporal in charge to call for an air strike on the coordinates of Firebase Ruby.
There had been casualties, and Joseph and Lance -Corporal Goldstone were among those who had volunteered to see if they could find anyone wounded and still alive.
There in the flashing lights of camera bulbs and amid the clicking of movie cameras, which Goebbels had placed along with microphones at strategic spots, was recorded for the nation and the world to see, and to hear described, the solemn handclasp of the German Field Marshal and the Austrian corporal uniting the new Germany with the old.
The former continued his march to Heilbron, and it is hard to blame him for doing so, but Methuen on hearing the message, which was conveyed to him at great personal peril by Corporal Hankey of the Yeomanry, pushed on instantly with the utmost energy, though he arrived too late to prevent, or even to repair, a disaster.
Gunnery Sergeant Garcia stepped over the body of Lance Corporal Van Housen and laid familiar hands on the Browning .
Four infantrymen in the troop compartment were injured, and Corporal John Keto was killed outright when the round plunged through his chest on its way to the starboard wall.
As a rule, middies were nicer than corporals, perhaps because they had less to prove.
It was the warrant Brigadier Sturgeon had given him after the attack on Multan, appointing him an honorary lance corporal, in the Confederation Marine Corps.
Sergeant Juric, Corporal Nazim, and Private Platis for the Medal of Valor.
They will be under the guidance of Corporal Pasquin, who is a brave and resourceful NCO, but the two lance Corporals, Dean and Claypoole, can think on their feet too.