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| coach |
an inexpensive class of airline or railway travel, lacking the amenities of first class. [1/8 definitions] |
| corporal2 |
a noncommissioned officer in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps ranked below sergeant and above private first class. |
| Cpl. |
abbreviation of "Corporal," a noncommissioned officer in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps ranked below sergeant and above private first class (used in a proper name). |
| lance corporal |
in the U.S. Marine Corps, the rank above that of private first class and below that of corporal. |
| PFC |
abbreviation of "private first class," a soldier in the U.S. Army or Marine Corps ranking below a corporal and above a private. |
| second class |
the class, status, or rank next below first class. [2/3 definitions] |
| sergeant |
in the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force, any of several ranks of noncommissioned officers above the rank of corporal or airman first class. [1/4 definitions] |
| staff sergeant |
in the U.S. military, a noncommissioned officer ranking above sergeant and, in the Army, below sergeant first class, in the Air Force, below technical sergeant, and in the Marine Corps, below gunnery sergeant. |
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