Meanings
nounlance corporal (plural lance corporals)
plural lance corporals · alternative lance-corporal
- USAn enlisted rank of grade E-3 in the United States Marine Corps, ranking above private first class and below corporal. Abbreviated as LCpl.
- UKA non-commissioned officer in the British Army and Royal Marines, ranking above private and below corporal. A rank with NATO code OR-3.
Origin
- Italianlancia spezzata
- Englishlance corporal
From lancepesade, an anglicization from Italian lancia spezzata
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Chinese Mandarin 准下士
- 准下士 (zhǔxiàshì)lance corporal
Czech svobodník
- svobodníklance corporal
Finnish korpraali
- korpraalilance corporal
French caporal suppléant, soldat de première classe
- caporal suppléantlance corporal
- soldat de première classelance corporal
- caporal postichelance corporal
German Gefreiter
- Gefreiterlance corporal
Hungarian őrvezető, szakaszvezető
- őrvezetőlance corporal
- szakaszvezetőlance corporal
Italian lancia spezzata
- lancia spezzatalance corporal
Māori kāpara iti
- kāpara itilance corporal
Russian ефре́йтор, мла́дший капра́л
- ефре́йтор (jefréjtor)lance corporal
- мла́дший капра́л (mládšij kaprál)lance corporal
Swedish vice korpral
- vice korprallance corporal
Cite this entry
APA
lance corporal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lance%20corporal
MLA
“lance corporal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lance%20corporal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lance corporal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lance%20corporal.
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