单词 | lance corporal |
释义 | lance corporalnoun A rank of non-commissioned officer in the British army, above private and below corporal.He fought in the Tet Offensive in 1968 as a lance corporal with the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines....
OriginLate 18th century: on the analogy of obsolete lancepesade, the lowest grade of non-commissioned officer, based on Italian lancia spezzata 'broken lance'. |
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