Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A separate branch or department of the armed forces having a specialized function.
- noun A tactical unit of ground combat forces between a division and an army commanded by a lieutenant general and composed of two or more divisions and auxiliary service troops.
- noun A body of persons acting together or associated under common direction.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The older spelling of
corpse . - noun One of the several bodies of officers charged with special administrative duties in the army or navy.
- noun a body of picked men.
- noun A body; a visible object: only in the legal phrase corps certain (which see, below).
- noun A body or number of persons conventionally or formally associated or acting together: as, the diplomatic corps. See
Corps Législatif , below, and esprit de corps, under esprit. - noun Milit.: A part of the army expressly organized according to the Articles or War, and having a head and members, as a regiment or an independent company, or any other military body having such organization: as, the Marine Corps; the Corps of Topographical Engineers; hospital corps, etc.
- noun More specifically, the tactical unit of a large army next above a division.
- noun In the German universities, a students' society.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The human body, whether living or dead.
- noun A body of men; esp., an organized division of the military establishment; ; specifically, an army corps.
- noun obsolete A body or code of laws.
- noun (Eccl.), obsolete The land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed.
- noun In some countries of Europe, a form of students' social society binding the members to strict adherence to certain student customs and its code of honor; -- Ger. spelling usually
korps . - noun a body containing two or more divisions of a large army, organized as a complete army in itself.
- noun the principal mass of a building, considered apart from its wings.
- noun the body of ministers or envoys accredited to a government.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun military A
battlefield formation composed of two or moredivisions . - noun An organized group of people united by a common purpose.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a body of people associated together
- noun an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The existing laws and regulations of the French service differ slightly for different corps, but the general rule is as follows: No one can be appointed to the grade of officer in the army who has not graduated at one of the military schools, or has not served at least two years as a sub-officer in a _corps d'armée_.
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The word "corps" comes from the French "corps d'armee" -- does that mean that the
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The word "corps" comes from the French "corps d'armee" -- does that mean that the
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Because of what they see in corps members, they can now see potential in themselves.
Stephen Salinas: Why I Serve Stephen Salinas 2010
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Because of what they see in corps members, they can now see potential in themselves.
Stephen Salinas: Why I Serve Stephen Salinas 2010
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Meanwhile, the White House press corps is left with someone who is hard to caricature as anything other than colorless.
The oversimplified coverage of 'tough-talking' Rahm Emanuel Howard Kurtz 2010
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Force JAG corps is that their revelations continue to exacerbate the beliefs by other members of the service that there are two standards applied when it comes to the UCMJ.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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And yeah, the press corps is about forty years overdue for learning the basics of economics. patience Says:
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Miller, who prides himself on his knowledge of the Constitution, should know that when the founders chose to guarantee the freedom of the press, they recognized that a robust press corps is key to citizens holding those in power accountable.
Michael B. Keegan: Joe Miller, the "Irrational Blogger," and the Right's Even More Irrational View of Free Speech Michael B. Keegan 2010
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Miller, who prides himself on his knowledge of the Constitution, should know that when the founders chose to guarantee the freedom of the press, they recognized that a robust press corps is key to citizens holding those in power accountable.
Michael B. Keegan: Joe Miller, the "Irrational Blogger," and the Right's Even More Irrational View of Free Speech Michael B. Keegan 2010
palooka commented on the word corps
"A separate branch or department of the armed forces having a specialized function.
A tactical unit of ground combat forces between a division and an army and composed of two or more divisions and auxiliary service troops."
March 17, 2008
Jimmydiamond commented on the word corps
corps not core " marine corps "
September 21, 2013