What does corporal mean?
Definitions for corporal
ˈkɔr pər əl, -prəlcor·po·ral
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Princeton's WordNet
corporaladjective
a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines
bodily, corporal, corporeal, somaticadjective
affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
"bodily needs"; "a corporal defect"; "corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness"
bodied, corporal, corporate, embodied, incarnateadjective
possessing or existing in bodily form
"what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare; "an incarnate spirit"; "`corporate' is an archaic term"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
CORPORALadjective
Etymology: corporel, Fr. corpus, Latin.
To relief of lazars and weak age,
Of indigent faint souls, past corporal toil,
A hundred alms-houses, right well supplied. William Shakespeare, Hen. V.Render to me some corporal sign about her,
More evident than this. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.That God hath been otherwise seen, with corporal eyes, exceedeth the small proportion of my understanding. Walter Raleigh.
They enjoy greater sensual pleasures, and feel fewer corporal pains, and are utter strangers to all those anxious and tormenting thoughts, which perpetually haunt and disquiet mankind. Francis Atterbury.
Whither are they vanish’d?
Into the air: and what seem’d corporal
Melted, as breath, into the wind. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.And from these corporal nutriments, perhaps,
Your bodies may at last turn all to spirit. John Milton, Par. Lost.Corporalnoun
The lowest officer of the infantry, whose office is to place and remove the sentinels.
Etymology: corrupted from caporal, French.
The cruel corp’ral whisper’d in my ear,
Five pounds, if rightly tipt, would set me clear. John Gay.
Wikipedia
Corporal
Corporal is a military rank in use in some form by many militaries and by some police forces or other uniformed organizations. Within NATO, each member nation's corresponding military rank of corporal is combined under the NATO-standard rank scale code OR-3 or OR-4. However, there are often differences in how each nation (or service in each nation) employs corporals. Some militaries do not have corporals, but may instead have a junior sergeant. In some militaries, the rank of corporal nominally corresponds to commanding a section or squad of soldiers. In most countries that derive their military structure from the British military system, corporal is a more senior rank than that of private. However, in several other countries, such as Canada, Italy and Norway, corporal is a junior rank, indicating a more experienced soldier than a private, and also on a higher pay scale, but having no particular command appointment corresponding to the rank, similar to specialist in the U.S. Army.
ChatGPT
corporal
Corporal is an adjective that pertains to or involves the physical body; bodily. It can also be used as a noun referring to a non-commissioned officer rank in the military, typically ranking above a private or lance corporal.
Webster Dictionary
Corporalnoun
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
Corporaladjective
belonging or relating to the body; bodily
Corporaladjective
having a body or substance; not spiritual; material. In this sense now usually written corporeal
Corporaladjective
alt. of Corporale
Etymology: [Corrupted fr. F. caporal, It. caporale, fr. capo head, chief, L. caput. See Chief, and cf. Caporal.]
Wikidata
Corporal
Corporal is a military rank in use in some form by most militaries and by some police forces or other uniformed organizations. Within NATO, each member nations corresponding military rank of corporal is combined under the NATO-standard rank scale code OR-4. The rank of corporal nominally corresponds to commanding a section or squad of soldiers. However, in the United States Army, a corporal is usually a fire team leader or second-in-command of a squad of soldiers. In the United States Marine Corps, corporal is the table of organization rank for a rifle fire team leader, machine gun team leader, light mortar squad leader, and assault weapon team leader, as well as gunner on most larger crew served weapons and armored vehicles. In most countries which derive their military structure from the British military system, it is a more senior rank than that of private. However, in several other countries, such as Canada, Italy and Norway, corporal is a junior rank, indicating a more experienced soldier than a private, and also on a higher pay scale, but having no particular command appointment corresponding to the rank, similar to specialist in the U.S. Army.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Corporal
kor′po-ral, n. in the British army, the grade of non-commissioned officer next in rank to a sergeant; in the navy, a petty officer under a master-at-arms.—n. Cor′poralship. [Fr. caporal—It. caporale—capo, the head—L. caput, the head.]
Corporal
kor′po-ral, adj. belonging or relating to the body: having a body: not spiritual.—n. the cloth used in Catholic churches for covering the elements of the Eucharist—also Cor′porale, Cor′poras (obs.).—n. Corporal′ity, state of being corporal—opp. to Spirituality.—adv. Cor′porally.—adj. Cor′porate, legally united into a body so as to act as an individual: belonging to a corporation: united.—adv. Cor′porately.—ns. Cor′porateness; Corporā′tion, a body or society authorised by law to act as one individual: rotundity of figure, a pot-belly.—adj. Cor′porātive.—n. Cor′porātor, a member of a corporation.—adj. Corpō′real, having a body or substance; material.—v.i. and v.t. Corpō′realise.—ns. Corpō′realism, materialism; Corpō′realist, a materialist; Corporeal′ity.—adv. Corpō′really.—ns. Corporē′ity; Corporificā′tion, act of corporifying.—v.t. Corpor′ify, to embody: solidify.—Corporal punishment, punishment inflicted on the body, as flogging, &c.—Aggregate corporation, a corporation consisting of several persons; Sole corporation, a corporation which consists of one person and his successors. [L. corporalis—corpus, corpŏris, the body.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
corporal
In the military service, is a non-commissioned officer next in rank below a sergeant. He is distinguished by two chevrons worn on the arm.
Editors Contribution
corporalnoun
A Commanding Officer that has been abroad before by word of mouth; spoken rather than written.
Sergeant Tony Lucas placed Corporal Tehorah to work with Chief Scott's travel in T.I.M.E. team and gather information that is specifically needed for the International Time Travel Agency.
Etymology: Criminal Justice, US Army, US Marine Corps
Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on December 4, 2023
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
CORPORAL
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Corporal is ranked #93125 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Corporal surname appeared 197 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Corporal.
57.8% or 114 total occurrences were Black.
17.7% or 35 total occurrences were Asian.
10.6% or 21 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
8.1% or 16 total occurrences were White.
5.5% or 11 total occurrences were of two or more races.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of corporal in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of corporal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of corporal in a Sentence
The world’s spotlight is shining on Saudi Arabia. If authorities ignore widespread criticism and unashamedly continue with the flogging of Raif Badawi, Saudi Arabia would be demonstrating contempt for international law and disregard for world opinion, flogging and other forms of corporal judicial punishment violate the prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment. By continuing to dole out this inhuman punishment the Saudi Arabian authorities are flagrantly flouting basic human rights principles.
Schools are not as safe as they should be, because of bullying, because of corporal punishment by teachers, because of attacks on schools.
Witnessing corporal punishment by teachers sends a message to children themselves that violence is acceptable in schools, which it is not.
You can imagine a balloon that gets filled up with water, and then you have this tense sheath that's surrounding the balloon, and that's what gives you the stiffness with an erection. And the fracture is a rupture of the balloon and the sheath surrounding the balloon, the vast majority of cases are one-sided, or unilateral, corporal ruptures. But sometimes Rajveer Purohit do have someone who's had a bilateral, or two-sided, corporal fracture involving the urethra.
Hillsboro County Sheriff Chad Chronister:
Brian LaVigne has been a part of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office family since 1990, and Brian LaVigne was just days away from retirement, we will never forget Master Corporal LaVigne for laying down Brian LaVigne life in the line of duty or the response of Brian LaVigne squad members who did everything they could to ensure that the individual responsible for Brian LaVigne death was apprehended.
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- جسديArabic
- ефрейтор, телесенBulgarian
- caporal, corporalCatalan, Valencian
- tělesný, desátník, kaprálCzech
- korporalDanish
- körperlich, Oberstabsgefreiter, StabsgefreiterGerman
- υποδεκανέας, σωματικόςGreek
- cabo, corporalSpanish
- kapralEstonian
- سرجوخهPersian
- lihallinen, ruumiillinen, alikersantti, korpraaliFinnish
- corporal, caporal, corporelFrench
- corporalGalician
- tizedesHungarian
- kopralIndonesian
- caporale, corporaleItalian
- 身体的, 伍長Japanese
- decurionLatin
- kāparaMāori
- десетар, телесенMacedonian
- korporalNorwegian
- korporaalDutch
- kapral, cielesnyPolish
- cabo, corporalPortuguese
- антиминс, капрал, телесныйRussian
- கோப்ரல்Tamil
- kaboTagalog
- کارپوریٹUrdu
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