corps
Americannoun
PLURAL
corps-
Military.
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a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone: corps of cadets.
the U.S. Marine Corps;
corps of cadets.
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Also called army corps. a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
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a group of persons associated or acting together.
the diplomatic corps;
the press corps.
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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.
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Obsolete. corpse.
noun
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a military formation that comprises two or more divisions and additional support arms
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a military body with a specific function
intelligence corps
medical corps
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a body of people associated together
the diplomatic corps
Etymology
Origin of corps
First recorded in 1225–75; Middle English corps, cors, from Middle French, from Latin corpus “body”; corpse
Example Sentences
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The corps is "actively deployed on the ground at the request of the Malian authorities to restore fuel supplies", Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian foreign ministry, said on Thursday.
From Barron's
In footage of the incident, Lucey and another reporter could be heard trying to talk at the same time -- a common occurrence as journalists in the press corps try to get the president's attention.
From Barron's
But that hasn’t stopped the lab from working on the bodies from smaller mass graves, like the corpses that turned up from the Hama countryside.
"Every time I went up to get some air, I saw new corpses in the street, often those of local people I knew," he shuddered.
From Barron's
The Rams have largely shut down three consecutive opponents with a dominant defensive front, a steady linebacker corps and an improving secondary.
From Los Angeles Times
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