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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Corporal(e, n.2 [e.m.E. (1579) and F. (16th c.) corporal, var. of cap(p)oral, It. caporale.] A military corporal. — 1562 Misc. Maitl. C. 31.
[£100 paid] to Hew Lawder corporale [and] … nyne archearis of the said gaird 1586 Reg. Privy C. IV. 111.
To the avancement of four corporallis, saxtene pundis
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