corporal

Plural: corporals

Noun

• A non-commissioned officer rank in the military, below sergeant.
• a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines
• A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.
• A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
• A worker in charge of the wagonway, reporting to the deputy.
• A dragonfly of the genus Ladona.
• The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.

Adjective Satellite

• affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
  • "a corporal defect"
• possessing or existing in bodily form; - Shakespeare
  • "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"

Adj

• Having a physical, tangible body; material, corporeal.
• Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body; bodily.
• Pertaining to the body (the thorax and abdomen), as distinguished from the head, limbs and wings, etc.

Examples

• corporal punishment
• corporal suffering
• He was promoted to corporal of the Scrabble board after his strategic play.

Synonyms

bodied, bodily, corporate, corporeal, embodied, incarnate, somatic, bombardier, corporas

Anagrams of corporal