lance corporal

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lance corporal

1. A noncommissioned rank in the US 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.]

lance corporal

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

lance′ cor`poral

an enlisted person in the U.S. Marine Corps ranking above a private first class.

[1780–90; lance, shortened form of earlier lancepesade < Middle French lancepessade]

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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

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