corporal noun
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in the armed forces air force, army, navy ~ an air force/army sergeant an army/navy captain
air/field marshal a naval captain/commander/lieutenant/officer have/hold the rank of, serve as ~ She joined the navy and held the rank of captain. He served as a lieutenant in the marine corps.
be appointed, become, be made ~ He was made a colonel at the age of 40. She ought to have been made sergeant by now.
under ~383 men under General Miles attacked the camp.
the rank of ~She was promoted to the rank of colonel.
n.
adj.
bodily needs
a corporal defect
corporeal suffering
a somatic symptom or somatic illness
what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare; "an incarnate spirit
`corporate' is an archaic term