1 a person of low rank in the army or the air force:
[ as form of address ] Thank you, Corporal.
2 a person in the military of low rank, below a sergeant
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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身體的,肉體的, (陸軍或空軍的)下士…
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身体的,肉体的, (陆军或空军的)下士…
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cabo, cabo [masculine]…
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(陸軍、空軍の)伍(ご)長…
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caporal [masculine], brigadier-chef [masculine], caporal/-ale…
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