corporal

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines
  2. adjective affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
  3. adjective possessing or existing in bodily form; - Shakespeare

Etymology

From Middle English corporal, corporall, corporel, corporell, from Old French corporal (French corporel), from Latin corporālis, from Latin corpus (“body”); compare corporeal.

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