A man who occupies the lowest rung of the military ladder. Fiercely the battle raged and, sad to tell, Our corporal heroically fell! Fame from her height looked down upon the brawl And said: "He hadn't very far to fall." Giacomo Smith
A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncommissioned officer in a company of infantry. He places and relieves sentinels.
Military rank of enlisted grade 4 (E-4).
Corporals are E-4s, just like specialists, but they are junior NCOs and are much hated and reviled in the Army, mostly because they get caught between their lower ranking buddies and the NCOs, who are attempting to train the corporals on how to be NCOs.
(Cpl) in the army, a non-commissioned rank below Sergeant and above Lance Corporal; in the RAF, a non-commissioned rank below Sergeant and above Junior Technician
lowest grade of non-commissioned officer; often commands a squad.
a noncommissioned officer in the army or airforce or marines
Corporal Specialist 4 (U.S. Army)
Corporal is a rank in use in some form by most militaries, police forces or other uniformed organizations around the world. It is usually equivalent to NATO Rank Code OR-4.