English Dictionary
◊ CORPORAL
corporal
adj 1: affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the
mind or spirit; "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect";
"corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic
illness" [syn: {bodily}, {corporeal}, {somatic}]
2: possessing or existing in bodily form; "what seemed corporal
melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare; "an
incarnate spirit"; "`corporate' is an archaic term" [syn:
{bodied}, {corporate}, {embodied}, {incarnate}]
n : a noncommissioned officer in the army or airforce or marines