Definition of Corparal
Cor"po*ral (kôr"p&osl;*ral),
n. [Corrupted fr. F. caporal, It.
caporale, fr. capo head, chief, L. caput.
See Chief, and cf. Caporal.] (Mil.) 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.
Corporal's guard, a detachment such as
would be in charge of a corporal for guard duty, etc.; hence,
derisively, a very small number of persons. -- Lance
corporal, an assistant corporal on private's
pay. Farrow. -- Ship's corporal
(Naut.), a petty officer who assists the master at
arms in his various duties.
Cor"po*ral, a. [L.
corporalis, fr. corpus body. See Corpse.]
1. Belonging or relating to the body;
bodily. "Past corporal toil." Shak.
Pillories and other corporal
infections.
Milton.
Corporal punishment (law),
punishment applied to the body of the offender, including the
death penalty, whipping, and imprisonment.
2. Having a body or substance; not
spiritual; material. In this sense now usually written
corporeal. Milton.
A corporal heaven . . . .where the stare
are.
Latimer.
What seemed corporal melted
As breath into the wind.
Shak.
Syn. -- Corporal, Bodily,
Corporeal. Bodily is opposed to mental; as,
bodily affections. Corporeal refers to the whole
physical structure or nature, of the body; as, corporeal
substance or frame. Corporal, as now used, refers more to
punishment or some infliction; as, corporal punishment. To
speak of corporeal punishment is an error. Bodily
austerities; the corporeal mold.
{ Cor"po*ral (kôr"p&osl;*ral),
||Cor`po*ra"le (-r?"l?), } n. [LL.
corporale: cf. F. corporal. See
Corporal,a.] A fine linen cloth, on
which the sacred elements are consecrated in the eucharist, or
with which they are covered; a communion cloth.
Corporal oath, a solemn oath; -- so
called from the fact that it was the ancient usage for the party
taking it to touch the corporal, or cloth that covered the
consecrated elements.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
CORPORAL, n. A man who occupies the lowest rung of the military
ladder.
Fiercely the battle raged and, sad to tell,
Our corporal heroically fell!
Fame from her height looked down upon the brawl
And said: "He hadn't very far to fall."
Giacomo Smith
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
CORPORAL. To mount a corporal and four; to be guilty
of onanism: the thumb is the corporal, the four fingers
the privates.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- (archaic) having a physical, tangible body (corporeal)
- of or pertainting to the physical body (coporal punishment)
- a noncommissioned officer rank in the military and police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman
- the white linen cloth on which the elements of the eucharist are placed
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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