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‖ caporal|kapɔˈral|
[a. Sp. and F. caporal.]
†1. A corporal. (Sp.)
1598Barret Theor. Warres ii. i. 23 Of the best approued souldiers to chuse for Caporals. Ibid. Gloss. 249 Cabo de esquadra or Caporall, a Spanish word, is the head or chiefe vnder the Captaine of a small number of souldiers.
2. A kind of (superior) tobacco. (Fr.)
1850Thackeray Pendennis lxix. (1885) 680 Couldn't find a bit of tobacco fit to smoke till we came to Strasburg, where I got some Caporal. |