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lance-corporal

lance-corporal is the alternative form of lance corporal.

Meaning of lance corporal

Noun

lance corporal (plural lance corporals)

  1. (US) An enlisted rank of grade E-3 in the United States Marine Corps, ranking above private first class and below corporal. Abbreviated as LCpl.
  2. (UK) A non-commissioned officer in the British Army and Royal Marines, ranking above private and below corporal. A rank with NATO code OR-3.

Forms of lance-corporal

plurallance-corporals

Questions about lance-corporal

What is lance-corporal the alternative form of?
Lance-corporal is the alternative form of lance corporal.

Words near lance-corporal in the dictionary

  1. lance sergeant
  2. lance sergeants
  3. lance skink
  4. lance skinks
  5. lance snake
  6. lance-corporal
  7. lance-corporals
  8. lance-jack
  9. lance-jacks
  10. lance-knight
  11. lance-knights

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