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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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As the administration has expanded its marketing arm, it has also worked to uproot the classic structure of the White House press corps.

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What did Amber do that so offended the Washington press corps?

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So many corpses have piled up since a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck last Friday close to Mandalay, that they have had to be "cremated in stacks", one resident says.

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The corps will scrape off up to six inches of soil from the burn area, but will not provide soil testing.

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He notes, too, that the gas mask filters Siegfried helped develop allowed Jewish prisoners to clear corpses from the gas chambers.

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