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cpl.

American  

abbreviation

  1. corporal.


Cpl British  

abbreviation

  1. Corporal

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Investigators at the district attorney’s office recently determined that Fullerton Police Cpl.

From Los Angeles Times

Lance Cpl Chukwuemeka E. Oforah, 21, fell from the USS Iwo Jima on 7 February and was lost at sea.

From BBC

Swinney's uncle, Cpl Tom Hunter, was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross after dying at Lake Comacchio in Italy months before the end of World War Two.

From BBC

L/Cpl Bugby tells BBC Newsbeat it makes sense to him.

From BBC

But Cpl Alex says his training put him "under a certain amount of pressure" to see how he would react to stressful scenarios.

From BBC