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lance corporal
–noun
| 1. | U.S. Marine Corps. an enlisted person ranking between private first class and corporal. |
| 2. | British Military.
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Origin:
1780–90; lance, shortened form of earlier lancepesade < MF lancepessade lowest ranking grade of noncommissioned officer < It lancia spezzata superior soldier, lit., broken lance 1 (from having shivered many lances, i.e., fought well in many battles)
1780–90; lance, shortened form of earlier lancepesade < MF lancepessade lowest ranking grade of noncommissioned officer < It lancia spezzata superior soldier, lit., broken lance 1 (from having shivered many lances, i.e., fought well in many battles)
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| lance corporal n.
[From lancepesade, from obsolete French lancepessade, from Italian lancia spezzata, superior soldier : lancia, lance (from Latin lancea; see lance) + spezzata, feminine past participle of spezzare, to break to pieces (Latin dis-, apart; see dis- + pezza, piece from Medieval Latin pecia, piece, from Vulgar Latin *pettia).] |
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