"caporal" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From French caporal. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|caporal}} French caporal Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} caporal (uncountable)
  1. A type of shag tobacco. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-caporal-en-noun-R9pCu2r0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: caporals [plural]
Etymology: From Spanish caporal. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|caporal}} Spanish caporal Head templates: {{en-noun}} caporal (plural caporals)
  1. (Latin America) A foreman or overseer. Tags: Latin-America
    Sense id: en-caporal-en-noun-oSgW6FOY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for caporal meaning in English (1.7kB)

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