Corporal1. (a.) Belonging or relating to the body; bodily; as, corporal punishment.
2. (n.) A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncommissioned officer in a company of infantry. He places and relieves sentinels.
3. (a.) Having a body or substance; not spiritual; material. In this sense now usually written corporeal.
4. (a.) Alt. of Corporale
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