Cpl.

Noun (1)

corporal (plural corporals)

1. A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.
2. A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
3. (historical) A worker in charge of the wagonway, reporting to the deputy.
4. A dragonfly of the genus Ladona.

Noun (2)

corporal (plural corporals)

1. The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.
   • He had […] many corporals, chalice-veils, and sudaria1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XI, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   corporas

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