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Old March 16, 2011, 08:44 PM
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Question Lance corporal

lance corporal: a low-level rank in the US Marines or the British army, or someone who has this rank.

What is the most common (colloquial) way to refer to a "lance corporal" in Spanish?
Soldado primera?

(Oxford gives "soldado de primera clase", but I am asking for the most colloquial usage one would find amongst soldiers...)
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