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caporals

caporals is the plural of caporal.

Meaning of caporal

Noun (1)

caporal (uncountable)

  1. A type of shag tobacco.
    • [T]he seats were uncomfortable, the place was crowded, the air thick with caporal horrible to breathe, but in their young enthusiasm they were indifferent.1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 44, in Of Human Bondage

Noun (2)

caporal (plural caporals)

  1. (Latin-America) A foreman or overseer.

Questions about caporals

What is caporals the plural of?
Caporals is the plural of caporal.

Words near caporals in the dictionary

  1. Capoocan
  2. Capoompeta
  3. caporal
  4. Caporale
  5. Caporales
  6. caporals
  7. Caporaso
  8. Caporasos
  9. caporegime
  10. caporegimes
  11. capos

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