caporaln.
/kapəˈral/ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > corporal
corporal1579
caporal1598
Cpl.1901
corp1909
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres ii. 23 Of the best approued souldiers to chuse for Caporals.
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres Gloss. 249 Cabo de esquadra or Caporall, a Spanish word, is the head or chiefe vnder the Captaine of a small number of souldiers.
2. A kind of (superior) tobacco. (French).
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > [noun] > other types of tobacco
craccus1617
mavis1641
shoot-tobacco1666
funk1677
black tobacco1698
kite's-foot1788
dark leaf1829
bird's eye1834
bright leaf1834
honeydew tobacco1835
seed leaf1837
long-tails1839
honeydew1843
caporal1850
dogleg tobacco1856
dogleg1863
Boer1881
burley1881
black boy1898
snus1916
1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xxxi. 309 Couldn't find a bit of tobacco fit to smoke till we came to Strasburg, where I got some caporal.
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