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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cor•po•ral1 /ˈkɔrpərəl/USA pronunciation adj. - bodily;
physical:corporal punishment.
cor•po•ral•ly, adv. See -corp-.cor•po•ral2 /ˈkɔrpərəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Militarya U.S. Army enlisted man or woman ranking above a private first class.
- Militaryan enlisted man or woman in the U.S. Marine Corps ranking above a lance corporal.
- Militaryan enlisted man or woman of similar rank in the armed services of other countries.
See -corp-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cor•po•ral1 (kôr′pər əl, -prəl),USA pronunciation adj. - of the human body;
bodily;
physical:corporal suffering. - [Zool.]of the body proper, as distinguished from the head and limbs.
- personal:corporal possession.
- [Obs.]corporeal;
belonging to the material world.
- Latin corporālis bodily, equivalent. to corpor- (stem of corpus corpus) + -ālis -al1
- Anglo-French)
- Middle English corporall (1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged material. See physical.
cor•po•ral2 (kôr′pər əl, -prəl),USA pronunciation n. - Military
- Militarya noncommissioned officer ranking above a private first class in the U.S. Army or lance corporal in the Marines and below a sergeant.
- a similar rank in the armed services of other countries.
- Military(cap.) a U.S. surface-to-surface, single-stage ballistic missile.
- Italian caporale, apparently contraction of phrase capo corporale corporal head, i.e., head of a body (of soldiers). See caput
- Middle French, variant of caporal (influenced by corporal corporal1)
- 1570–80
- Religiona fine cloth, usually of linen, on which the consecrated elements are placed or with which they are covered. Also called communion cloth.
- Latin, as above
- Old French
- Medieval Latin corporale (pallium) eucharistic (altar cloth); replacing earlier corporas
- Middle English corporalle 1350–1400
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