Corporal

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Belonging or relating to the body; bodily.

II. Corporal ·adj ·Alt. of Corporale.

III. Corporal ·adj Having a body or substance; not spiritual; material. In this sense now usually written corporeal.

IV. Corporal ·noun 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.

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