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lance corporal

noun

U.S. Marine Corps. an enlisted person ranking between private first class and corporal.

British Military.

a corporal of the lowest rank.

(formerly) a private acting as corporal without increased pay.

Origin:
1780–90; lance, shortened form of earlier lancepesade < Middle French lancepessade lowest ranking grade of noncommissioned officer < Italian lancia spezzata superior soldier, literally, broken lance¹ (from having shivered many lances, i.e., fought well in many battles)

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lance corporal

—n
	a noncommissioned officer of the lowest rank in the British Army

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