Noun: corporal kor-p(u-)rul
- A noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines
"The corporal led his squad during the training exercise";
- corp. [informal]
- Affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
"a corporal defect";
- bodily, corporeal, somatic, corp. [informal]
- Possessing or existing in bodily form
"what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind";
- bodied, corporate [archaic], embodied, incarnate
Derived forms: corporals
See also: corporeal, material, physical
Type of: enlisted officer, noncom [informal], noncommissioned officer
Encyclopedia: Corporal