rank of corporal

collocation in English

meaningsofrankandcorporal

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rank
noun
uk
/ræŋk/us
/ræŋk/
a position in an organization, such as the army, showing the importance of the person ...
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corporal
adjective
uk
/ˈkɔː.pər.əl/us
/ˈkɔːr.pɚ.əl/
of or relating to ...
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(Definition ofrankandcorporalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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One hundred and sixty-three soldiers of therankofcorporalor below were present at this parade.
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Airmen up to and including therankofcorporalare not normally posted overseas if they have attained the age of 48 years.
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The list one trades, subject to this proviso, will be subject to time promotion to therankofcorporal, sergeant and chief technician.
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Airmen above therankofcorporalare not eligible.
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A sum of £7,500 a year is set aside for distribution among soldiers above therankofcorporalafter the completion of their second term of engagement (total twenty-one years).
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The addition of £100 to the salary of someone in a senior rank is entirely different in consequence from the addition of £150 to someone with therankofcorporal.
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The ordinary labourer can rise to therankofcorporal, sergeant, and quartermaster, but these men are kept as staff-sergeants for eighteen years, and you do nothing for them.
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His specialist skill was as a farrier, serving with therankofcorporal.
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He was found guilty of both offences, and sentenced to be reduced to therankofcorporal.
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It is often equivalent to the army and air forcerankofcorporaland some navies use corporal rather than leading seaman.
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He was promoted up to therankofcorporalduring the next two years.
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Counter left the army in 1921 with therankofcorporal.
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He rose to therankofcorporaland was granted an honorable discharge after two years.
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After unification, therankofcorporalbecame nothing more than a pay raise with authority being granted instead to the new master corporals.
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She was eventually promoted to therankofcorporal.
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He was older than the official conscription age but was accepted and served, first as a private, finally reaching therankofcorporal.
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He was accepted and after much training, he attained therankofcorporal.
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Additionally, each cavalry company was authorized a wagoneer with therankofcorporal.
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Therankofcorporalof horse has existed since at least the 1660s.
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