Corporal

Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body.
 * 2)  Having a physical, tangible body; corporeal.

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

Adjectives Corporal
imposing; exacting; domineering; insignificant; stately; impressive; awkward;

Synonyms for Corporal

 * bodily

Derived terms

 * corporal punishment
 * corporal's guard
 * lance corporal
 * ship's corporal

Thesaurus
lance corporal, lance sergeant, master sergeant, material, materiate, mess sergeant, naik, noncom, noncommissioned officer, nonspiritual, oblation cloth, paten, physical, piscina, platoon sergeant, prayer rug, prie-dieu, reredos, rood cloth, rood screen, sacrament cloth, sarge, secular, sergeant, sergeant first class, sergeant major, somatic, staff sergeant, stoup, substantial, technical sergeant, temporal, top sergeant, topkick, unspiritual, warrant officer, worldly, NCO, acting corporal, acting sergeant, altar cloth, baldacchino, baldachin, baptismal font, bodily, carnal, centurion, cerecloth, chancel screen, chief warrant officer, chrismal, color sergeant, corporeal, earthly, fanon, first sergeant, fleshly, havildar, hylic, jube, kneeling stool,

Etymology

 * 1) From  corporalis: <  corpus:.
 * 2) Corrupted from the  caporal:, from the  caporale:, from capo: from the  caput:.
 * 3) From the  corporale:, the neuter of corporalis: representing the doctrine of transubstantiation in which the eucharist becomes the body of Christ.

Adjective

 * Bulgarian: телесен
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 * Greek: σωματικός (somatikós)
 * Macedonian: телесен
 * Polish: cielesny
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * Bulgarian:
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 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek: υποδεκανέας
 * Hungarian:


 * Indonesian: kopral
 * Japanese: 伍長(ごちょう, gochō)
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: десетар
 * Polish:
 * Russian: капрал
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: kabo


 * Hungarian:

Noun

 * Catalan:
 * Japanese: 聖体布(せいたいふ, seitaifu)


 * Russian:
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Adjective

 * 1) corporal

Noun

 * 1) corporal linen cloth

Adjective

 * 1) corporal

Noun

 * 1) corporal linen cloth