corporal | ||
1. | [ noun ] (military,work) a noncommissioned officer in the army or airforce or marines | |
Related terms: | noncommissioned_officer | |
2. | [ adjective ] affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit | |
Synonyms: | somatic corporeal bodily | |
Examples: | "bodily needs" "a corporal defect" "corporeal suffering" "a somatic symptom or somatic illness" |
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Related terms: | physical | |
3. | [ adjective ] possessing or existing in bodily form | |
Synonyms: | corporate incarnate embodied bodied | |
Examples: | "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare "an incarnate spirit" "`corporate' is an archaic term" |
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Related terms: | corporeal | |
Similar spelling: |
corporeal corporate corroborate corroborant corporation Corprew |