Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—L

Lance-Corporal

and Lance-Sergeant. One from the ranks temporarily acting as corporal or sergeant. In the Middle Ages a lance meant a soldier.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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