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校尉

校尉

Chinese

 
school; proofread; to check; to compare
milit. official; to quiet
simp. and trad.
(校尉)

Noun

校尉

  1. (archaic) a military rank; captain

Usage notes

Created in the Han Dynasty, this rank was somewhere just below the rank of general. By the Tang Dynasty, the rank had become more of a middle level rank.

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