corporal Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ˈkɔː.pər.əl]
  • Us [ ˈkɔːr.pɚ.əl]

Meaning of corporal In English

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  • Embodiment is an ensemble of corporal practices that produces and gives ' a body ' its place in everyday life.

  • Twenty years after the masters' report, one advocate of corporal punishment carried on with this theme.

  • We believe in corporal punishment and that really works.

  • Nor was it a matter of blood or nobility, although status and seniority - whether of colonels or corporals - were important.

  • These last included corporal punishment, for fines were of no effect on penniless spinners and weavers.

  • These general agricultural agents each managed four foot soldiers and a mounted corporal and covered a territory comprised of several towns.

  • Being disciplined is thus construed with not being punished; and being un-disciplined means behaving in such a way that results in corporal punishment.

  • However, in terms of the distribution of discipline, corporal punishment has been replaced with public shaming and physical discomfort.

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Translations of corporal In Other Languages

  • 中文繁体

    身體的,肉體的, (陸軍或空軍的)下士…

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  • 中文简体

    身体的,肉体的, (陆军或空军的)下士…

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  • Español

    cabo, cabo [masculine]…

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  • Português

    cabo…

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  • 日本語

    (陸軍、空軍の)伍(ご)長…

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  • Türk dili

    onbaşı…

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  • Français

    caporal [masculine], brigadier-chef [masculine], caporal/-ale…

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  • Catalan

    caporal, -a…

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