lance corporal

See also: lance-corporal

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lance corporal

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Alternative forms

• lance-corporal

Etymology

From lancepesade, an anglicization from Italian lancia spezzata

Noun

lance corporal (plural lance corporals)

1. (US) 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. (British) A non-commissioned officer in the British Army and Royal Marines, ranking above private and below corporal. A rank with NATO code OR-3.

Translations

lance corporal

Bashkir: ефрейтор (yefreytor) Chinese: Mandarin: 准下士 (zhǔxiàshì) Czech: svobodník (cs) m Finnish: korpraali (fi) French: caporal suppléant, soldat de première classe, (obsolete) caporal postiche German: Gefreiter (de) m Hungarian: őrvezető (hu), szakaszvezető (hu) Italian: lancia spezzata f Kazakh: ефрейтор (efreitor) Kyrgyz: ефрейтор (ky) (yefreytor) Maori: kāpara iti Russian: ефре́йтор (ru) m (jefréjtor), мла́дший капра́л m (mládšij kaprál) Serbo-Croatian: skupnik (sh) m, skupnica f Slovene: desetnik m, desetnica f, desetár m, desetárka f, kaplar m Swedish: vice korpral

References

• Lance Corporal, British Army
• US Department of Defense Enlisted Rank Insignia
• British Military Ranks