lance corporal (redirected from Lance corporals)

lance corporal

n.

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.

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[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).]

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lance corporal

n

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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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