Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - corporal

 I. noun  Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin ~e, from Latin, neuter of ~is; from the doctrine that the bread of the Eucharist becomes or represents the body of Christ  Date: 14th century a linen cloth on which the eucharistic elements are placed  II. adjective  Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~is, from corpor-, corpus body — more at midriff  Date: 14th century  1. obsolete corporeal, physical  2. of, relating to, or affecting the body ~ punishment  • ~ly adverb  III. noun  Etymology: Middle French, lowest noncommissioned officer, alteration of caporal, from Old Italian caporale, from capo head, from Latin caput — more at head  Date: 1579 a noncommissioned officer ranking in the army above a private first class and below a sergeant and in the marine corps above a lance ~ and below a sergeant