lance corporal

1. Abbr. LCpl A noncommissioned rank in the U.S. Marine Corps that is above private first class and below corporal.

2. One who holds this rank.

[From lancepesade, from obsolete French lancepessade, from Italian lancia spezzata, superior soldier : lancia, lance (from Latin lancea; see lance) + spezzata, feminine past participle of spezzare, to break to pieces (Latin dis-, apart; see dis- + pezza, piece from Medieval Latin pecia, piece, from Vulgar Latin *pettia).]

lance corporal

(Military) a noncommissioned officer of the lowest rank in the British Army

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Noun

lance corporal - an enlisted man in the marine corps ranking above a private first class and below a corporal

enlisted officer, noncom, noncommissioned officer - a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel

Translations

lance corporal

n → Obergefreite(r) mf

lance corporal n (Brit) → caporale m

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They paid tribute to Rifleman Stuart Nash, Serjeant Christopher Reed, Corporal Richard Robinson, Corporal Daniel Nield, Lance Corporal Stephen Kingscott, Corporal Tom Gaden, Lance Corporal Paul Upton and Rifleman Jamie Gunn.

Soldiers' tribute to Afghan 8 by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

Lance Corporal Kyle Adams was one of three soldiers from the Parachute Regiment killed in an explosion earlier this month.

Farewell to victim by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

Corporal Paul Kingswood, Lance Corporal Mark Foster and Lance Corporal Matthew Stenton were at a party at a barracks in Germany after their return from Iraq when they were "put up" to the prank by an army captain.

Soldiers fined for officer 'prank' by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)

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