Definitions of corporal

1. The lowest noncommissioned officer in the army.

2. Among infantry, a non- commissioned or sub- officer next in rank to a sergeant: in the navy, an officer under a master- at- arms.

3. CORPORALSHIP.

4. The cloth used in Catholic churches for covering the elements of the Eucharist.

5. A non- commissioned officer below a sergeant.

6. The lowest non - commissioned officer in a company.

7. The lowest officer of a company of infantry, next below a sergeant. The corporal of a ship of war, an officer under the master- at- arms.

8. The lowest non- commissioned officer in a company of foot; in the navy, an officer under the master- at- arms.

9. Corporally.

10. affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; " bodily needs"; " a corporal defect"; " corporeal suffering"; " a somatic symptom or somatic illness"

11. 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.

12. Belonging or relating to the body; bodily.

13. Having a body or substance; not spiritual; material. In this sense now usually written corporeal.

14. Alt. of Corporale

15. Pertaining to the body; as, corporal punishment.

16. Belonging or relating to the body: having a body: not spiritual.

17. Belonging to, or having a body.

18. Belonging or relating to the body as opposed to the mind.

19. Belonging or relating to the body; material; not spiritual.