corporal

Meaning

Adj

1. (archaic, not-comparable) Having a physical, tangible body; material, corporeal.
2. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body; bodily.
3. (not-comparable) Pertaining to the body (the thorax and abdomen), as distinguished from the head, limbs and wings, etc.

Noun

1. A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.
2. A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
3. (historical) A worker in charge of the wagonway, reporting to the deputy.
4. A dragonfly of the genus Ladona.

Noun

The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.

Synonyms

corporeal

physical

bodily

somatic

fleshly

corporate

embodied

incarnate

carnal

bodied

non-commissioned officer

white

military officer

of the body

American chub

chivin

pertaining to the body

fallfish

pecuniar

body-

roughnosed chub

able-bodied

senior airman

body

buck sergeant

constitutional

dace

lance corporal

mohawk

natural

personal

sergeant

tangible

Translations

caporal

corporal

corporel

korporaal

caporale

δεκανέας

cabo

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corporal

corporal

corpóreo

corporale

σωματικός

corporal

Korporal

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɔː.pɹəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: corporal

Cognate with French: corporel

Inherited from Middle English: corporall

In summary

From Middle English corporal, corporall, corporel, corporell, from Old French corporal (French corporel), from Latin corporālis, from Latin corpus (“body”); compare corporeal.