meaning of corporal
1. 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. Belonging or relating to the body; bodily.
3. Having a body or substance; not spiritual; material. In this sense now usually written corporeal.
4. Alt. of Corporale
5. a noncommissioned officer in the army or airforce or marines
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