corporal

pronunciation

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Noun:

a noncommissioned officer in the army or airforce or marines
Adjective:

affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
possessing or existing in bodily form

Word Origin

corporal: corporal: [14] Corporal comes via Old French corporal from Latin corporālis ‘bodily’, an adjective derived from corpus ‘body’. The noun corporal ‘non-commissioned officer’ [16] was probably originally a completely different word. It was borrowed from French corporal, which appears to have been an alteration of caporal; this in turn came from Italian caporale, a derivative of capo ‘head’ (the change to corporal seems to have been based on the notion of the corporal as being in charge of a ‘body’ of troops).=> corpse

corporal (n.): lowest noncommissioned army officer, 1570s, from Middle French corporal, from Italian caporale "a corporal," from capo "chief, head," from Latin caput "head" (see capitulum). So called because he was in charge of a body of troops. Perhaps influenced by Italian corpo, from Latin corps "body." Or corps may be the source and caput the influence, as the OED suggests.

corporal (adj.): "of or belonging to the body," late 14c., from Old French corporal (12c., Modern French corporel) "of the body, physical, strong," from Latin corporalis "pertaining to the body," from corpus (genitive corporis) "body" (see corps). Corporal punishment "punishment of the body" (as opposed to fine or loss of rank or privilege) is from 1580s. Related: Corporality.

2. If they are successful , corporal harrison 's record may not stand for long .

3. Corporal jason dunham covered the grenade with a helmet and the helmet with his body .

4. One of them was alexander harris , a 25-year-old corporal who was stationed in afghanistan .

5. Its attack was even more successful than the capture of corporal shalit .