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CORPORAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("corporal" is a kind of...):
enlisted officer; noncom; noncommissioned officer (a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Possessing or existing in bodily form
Example:
'corporate' is an archaic term
Synonyms:
bodied; corporal; corporate; embodied; incarnate
Classified under:
Similar:
corporeal; material (having material or physical form or substance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
Example:
a somatic symptom or somatic illness
Synonyms:
bodily; corporal; corporeal; somatic
Classified under:
Similar:
physical (involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit)