English Explanatory Dictionary

lance corporal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An enlisted rank of grade E-3 in the United States Marine Corps, ranking above private first class and below corporal. Abbreviated as LCpl.
  2. A non-commissioned officer in the British Army and Royal Marines, ranking above private and below corporal. A rank with NATO code OR-3.

Word forms

lance corporal lance corporals lance-corporal

Etymology

From lancepesade, an anglicization from Italian lancia spezzata

Translations

Bashkir: ефрейтор Chinese Mandarin: 准下士 Czech: svobodník Finnish: korpraali French: caporal suppléant French: soldat de première classe French: caporal postiche German: Gefreiter Hungarian: őrvezető Hungarian: szakaszvezető Italian: lancia spezzata Kazakh: ефрейтор Kyrgyz: ефрейтор Māori: kāpara iti Russian: ефре́йтор Russian: мла́дший капра́л Serbo-Croatian: skupnik Serbo-Croatian: skupnica Slovene: desetnik Slovene: desetnica Slovene: desetár Slovene: desetárka Slovene: kaplar Swedish: vice korpral
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