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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ˈlance ˌcor•po•ral, n. [countable]- Militaryan enlisted person in the U.S. Marine Corps ranking above a private first class.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lance′ cor′poral, - Military[U.S. Marine Corps.]an enlisted person ranking between private first class and corporal.
- Military, British Terms[Brit. Mil.]
- a corporal of the lowest rank.
- (formerly) a private acting as corporal without increased pay.
- Italian lancia spezzata superior soldier, literally, broken lance1 (from having shivered many lances, i.e., fought well in many battles)
- Middle French lancepessade lowest ranking grade of noncommissioned officer
- lance, shortened form of earlier lancepesade 1780–90
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lance corporal n - a noncommissioned officer of the lowest rank in the British Army
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