private first class

private first class
a soldier ranking above a private and below a corporal or specialist fourth class in the U.S. Army, and above a private and below a lance corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps.
[1910-15, Amer.]

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  • private first class — military rank after private and before corporal, rank which has one line on the sleeve …   English contemporary dictionary

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