Corporal meaning

What does “corporal” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“corporal” is a noun and adjective with 3 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines.

corporal

noun

  1. a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines

adjective

  1. affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit

    “bodily needs”

    “a corporal defect”

  2. possessing or existing in bodily form

    “what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind”

    “an incarnate spirit”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University