letter corporal

Noun

 * 1)  A corporal with responsibility for carrying or delivering letters for a given regiment etc.
 * 2) * 1867, Private JB, letter, The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine, Fifth series, vol. XIII:
 * I had but just laid down my Bible, when in came the ‘letter corporal,’ saying, ‘Does B— stop here?’ having your letter in his hand.
 * 1) * 1910, Mrs De Courcy Laffan, Dreams Made Verity, chapter heading:
 * The letter-corporal’s blunder.
 * 1) * 1910, Mrs De Courcy Laffan, Dreams Made Verity, chapter heading:
 * The letter-corporal’s blunder.