corporal meaning and definition

CORPORAL noun

Definition of corporal (noun)

1. a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines

CORPORAL adjective

Definition of corporal (adjective)

1. affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
   • "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect"; "corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness"
   • synonyms: bodily, corporeal, somatic
2. possessing or existing in bodily form
   • "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare; "an incarnate spirit"; "`corporate' is an archaic term"
   • synonyms: bodied, corporate, embodied, incarnate