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1. A noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines
   - corp. [informal]

1. Affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
   "a corporal defect";
   - bodily, corporeal, somatic, corp. [informal]
    
2. Possessing or existing in bodily form
   "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind";
   - bodied, corporate [archaic], embodied, incarnate, corp. [informal]

Derived forms: corporals

See also: corporeal, material, physical

Type of: enlisted officer, noncom, noncommissioned officer

Encyclopedia: Corporal