lance corporal

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A noncommissioned rank in the US Marine Corps that is above private first class and below corporal.
• noun One who holds this rank.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun Milit., a private performing the duties of a corporal, with temporary rank as such.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun A lancepesade.
• noun An enlisted member of the United States Marine Corps ranking between a private first class and a corporal.
• noun The lowest rank of corporal; -- a term used in the British military.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun US An enlisted rank of grade E-3 in the United States Marine Corps, ranking above private first class and below corporal. Abbreviated as LCpl.
• noun UK A non-commissioned officer in the British Army and Royal Marines, ranking above private and below corporal. A rank with NATO code OR-3.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun an enlisted man in the marine corps ranking above a private first class and below a corporal