A manager or other executive-level staff member of a corporation or other enterprise.

plural of corporal punishment

Alternative form of lance corporal

A corporation, when viewed as a legal person. / (more generally) A legal person.

plural of corporate executive

(idiomatic) The hierarchy or ranking system of employment positions within a business organization.

(now rare) A corporal with responsibility for carrying or delivering letters for a given regiment etc.

plural of letter corporal

(nautical) A petty officer who assists the master-at-arms in his various duties.

A detachment such as would be in charge of a corporal for guard duty, etc.; hence, derisively, a very small number of people.