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lance corporal
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noun
U.S. Marine Corps. an enlisted person ranking between private first class and corporal.
British Military.
- a corporal of the lowest rank.
- (formerly) a private acting as corporal without increased pay.
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Origin of lance corporal
1780–90; lance, shortened form of earlier lancepesade<Middle French lancepessade lowest ranking grade of noncommissioned officer <Italian lancia spezzata superior soldier, literally, broken lance1 (from having shivered many lances, i.e., fought well in many battles)
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British Dictionary definitions for lance corporal
lance corporal
noun
a noncommissioned officer of the lowest rank in the British Army
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