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private first class

–noun
a soldier ranking above a private and below a corporal or specialist fourth class in the U.S. Army, and above a private and below a lance corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Origin:
1910–15, Americanism
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private first class  
n.   pl. privates first class
  1. Abbr. PFC A noncommissioned rank in the U.S. Army that is above private and below corporal or in the U.S. Marine Corps that is above private and below lance corporal.

  2. One who holds this rank.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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