Thesaurus: corporal

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1. n. 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. a. Belonging or relating to the body; bodily.
3. a. Having a body or substance; not spiritual; material. In this sense now usually written corporeal.
4. a. Alt. of Corporale
5. adj. affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
6. adj. possessing or existing in bodily form
7. n. a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines
8. A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncomissioned officer in a company of infantry. He places and relieves sentinels. Corporal's guard, a detachment such as would be in charge of a corporal for guard duty, etc.; hence, derisively, a very small number of persons. -- Lance corporal, an assistant corporal on private's pay. Farrow. -- Ship's corporal (Naut.), a petty officer who assists the master at arms in his various duties. 1. Belonging or relating to the body; bodily. "Past corporal toil." Shak. Pillories and other corporal infections. Milton. Corporal punishment (law), punishment applied to the body of the offender, including the death penalty, whipping, and imprisonment. 2. Having a body or substance; not spiritual; material. In this sense now usually written corporeal. Milton. A corporal heaven . . . .where the stare are. Latimer. What seemed corporal melted As breath into the wind. Shak. Syn. -- Corporal, Bodily, Corporeal. Bodily is opposed to mental; as, bodily affections. Corporeal refers to the whole physical structure or nature, of the body; as, corporeal substance or frame. Corporal, as now used, refers more to punishment or some infliction; as, corporal punishment. To speak of corporeal punishment is an error. Bodily austerities; the corporeal mold. A fine linen cloth, on which the sacred elements are consecrated in the eucharist, or with which they are covered; a communion cloth. Corporal oath, a solemn oath; -- so called from the fact that it was the ancient usage for the party taking it to touch the corporal, or cloth that covered the consecrated elements.
9. A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the UnitedStates army he is the lowest noncomissioned officer in a company ofinfantry. He places and relieves sentinels. Corporal's guard, adetachment such as would be in charge of a corporal for guard duty,etc.; hence, derisively, a very small number of persons.-- Lance corporal, an assistant corporal on private's pay. Farrow.-- Ship's corporal (Naut.), a petty officer who assists the masterat arms in his various duties.
10. j:55/n:45 n. a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines