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- noun Plural form of
corporal .
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Examples
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The army right now is short 1,000 master corporals, which is the base level leadership.
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On the last day of my first term the corporals and officers were all absent at a farewell dinner to the former, and we received information that the third term were going to raid our house, with a view to
A Student in Arms Second Series Donald Hankey
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General Sheridan called his corporals and sergeants together and told them to go behind the guard house and dig a grave for this Indian agent in order to fool the Indian Chiefs.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives Work Projects Administration
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An endless vortex of such questioning "corporals" rolled confusedly round him through his whole course; whom he did answer.
The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III Various 1885
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An endless vortex of such questioning 'corporals' rolled confusedly round him through his whole course; whom he did answer.
Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Thomas Carlyle 1838
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Authorities said they uncovered a network of so-called "corporals," who would recruit mostly African migrants - many of them living in Italy without permits - for work on farms and factories in the area.
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He marched out of Alexandria with what he grandly styled two “companies of foot,” commanded by Captain Peter Hog and Lieutenant Jacob van Braam, along with five subalterns, two sergeants, six corporals, a drummer, 120 privates, a surgeon, and one “Swedish gentleman, who was a volunteer.”
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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There were PFCs, lance corporals, lieutenants and a first sergeant.
Beth Crumley: 1st Battalion, 4th Marines Does "Whatever it Takes" Beth Crumley 2012
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There were PFCs, lance corporals, lieutenants and a first sergeant.
Beth Crumley: 1st Battalion, 4th Marines Does "Whatever it Takes" Beth Crumley 2012
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When they were ordered to America—“banished,” they called it—they were understrength and over-officered; together they were short ten sergeants, ten corporals, ten drummers, and 410 privates.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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