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| lance cor·po·ral (plural lance cor·po·rals) |
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1. Marine rank: a noncommissioned officer in the U.S. Marine Corps of a rank above private first class
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2. rank of noncommissioned officer: a British Army or British Royal Marines noncommissioned officer of a rank above private
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| [< obsolete lancepesade "officer of the lowest rank," via French< Old Italian lancia spezzata "broken lance"] |
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