Corporal
['kɔːp(ə)r(ə)l] or ['kɔrpərəl]
Definition
(noun.) a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines.
Typist: Silvia--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(a.) Belonging or relating to the body; bodily.
(a.) Having a body or substance; not spiritual; material. In this sense now usually written corporeal.
(a.) Alt. of Corporale
Editor: Rudolf
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Bodily.[2]. Material, physical, corporeal, not spiritual.
Typist: Moira
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Bodily, fleshly, physical, material, corporeal
ANT:Mental, moral, spiritual
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Definition
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.
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.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A man who occupies the lowest rung of the military ladder.
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Examples
- The corporal of the guard closed the door reluctantly behind them. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Nothing can be worse than the army, the corporal said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Don't worry, the corporal said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There are seven men and a corporal at the lower post. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In May snow is no rarity in these mountains, the corporal said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- You see me now with my back like a camel and my ribs all awry, but there was a time when Corporal Henry Wood was the smartest man in the 117th foot. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Comrade Corporal, Karkov called in Spanish. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- This would be repeated from sentry to sentry until it reached the barracks, when Corporal of the Guard, No. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Worse luck, said the corporal. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- You ain't got brains enough to be a second-class corporal. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- And you a corporal, the soldier who was cooking said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- So one night, when it was very dark, I shouted for Corporal of the Guard, No. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is a phenomenon, the corporal said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He wore a corporal's stripes on his sleeves and was sweating very much although the early morning was still cool. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But we have formidable aviation, the corporal said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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