Corporal

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1. 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.

2. Adjective

Belonging or relating to the body; bodily.

3. Adjective

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

4. Adjective

Alt. of Corporale

5. Adjective

possessing or existing in bodily form; "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind" - Shakespeare; "an incarnate spirit"; "‘corporate’ is an archaic term"
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