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corps

[kawr]

noun

plural

corps 
  1. Military.

    1. a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone: corps of cadets.

      the U.S. Marine Corps;

      corps of cadets.

    2. Also called army corps.a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.

  2. a group of persons associated or acting together.

    the diplomatic corps;

    the press corps.

    Synonyms: , , ,
  3. Printing.a Continental designation that, preceded by a number, indicates size of type in Didot points of 0.0148 inch (3.8 millimeters).

    14 corps.

  4. Obsolete.corpse.



corps

/ ɔː /

noun

  1. a military formation that comprises two or more divisions and additional support arms

  2. a military body with a specific function

    intelligence corps

    medical corps

  3. a body of people associated together

    the diplomatic corps

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of corps1

First recorded in 1225–75; Middle English corps, cors, from Middle French, from Latin corpus “bǻ”; corpse
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of corps1

C18: from French, from Latin corpus body
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Wednesday’s game could be a bullpen game, but that would be extra stress on a relief corps that already leads the majors in innings pitched.

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Palladino: The first hurdle, probably the biggest hurdle that’s unique to this, was putting together a corps of 20 dancers to be the company in each of the cities.

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Nacua is part of a remade Rams receiver corps that is expected to elevate the offense for a team regarded as a Super Bowl contender.

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Detained after being accused of controlling the illegal operations at an abandoned gold mine near Stilfontein in South Africa, where 78 corpses were discovered underground in January, Tiger escaped custody, police allege.

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Sconce eventually pleaded guilty to 21 criminal counts — including for mutilating corpses, holding mass cremations and hiring hit men — and was sentenced in 1989 to five years in prison.

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