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  2. A List of The U.S. Military Ranks in Order | Merriam-Webster

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    a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps ranking above a captain and below a lieutenant colonel. The military rank of major is in fact a shortened form of sergeant major, which in the 1500s and 1600s was an officer who ranked higher than a captain.

  3. Lieutenant colonel Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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    The meaning of LIEUTENANT COLONEL is a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps ranking above a major and below a colonel.

  4. Lieutenant general Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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    The meaning of LIEUTENANT GENERAL is a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who ranks above a major general and whose insignia is three stars.

  5. Lance corporal Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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    The meaning of LANCE CORPORAL is an enlisted man in the marine corps ranking above a private first class and below a corporal.

  6. What's the Difference Between 'Corporal' and ... -...

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    'Corporeal' describes what is bodily or physical, rather than what is not. Corporal describes something else.

  7. LCpl Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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    What does the abbreviation LCPL stand for? Meaning: lance corporal.

  8. Corporal Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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    The meaning of CORPORAL is a noncommissioned officer ranking in the army above a private first class and below a sergeant and in the marine corps above a lance corporal and below a sergeant. How to use corporal in a sentence.

  9. Sergeant Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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    : a military noncommissioned officer with any of the ranks above corporal in the army or the marines or above airman first class in the air force especially : an enlisted person with the rank just below that of staff sergeant

  10. Second lieutenant Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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    The meaning of SECOND LIEUTENANT is a commissioned officer of the lowest rank in the army, air force, or marine corps.

  11. Corporeal Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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    the physical benefits of exercise. corporeal implies having the tangible qualities of a body such as shape, size, or resistance to force. artists have portrayed angels as corporeal beings. phenomenal applies to what is known or perceived through the senses rather than by intuition or rational deduction.