corps (kɔː
)
Definitions
noun
Word forms: plural, corps, kɔːz
- a military formation that comprises two or more divisions and additional support arms
- a military body with a specific function ⇒
intelligence corps
medical corps
- a body of people associated together ⇒
the diplomatic corps
Word Origin
C18: from French, from Latin corpus bodySynonyms
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`Anyway, now the Gary Lineker of the Press corps has departed, tell me all about it!
, KICK BACK (2002)Nor have the two armies made any decisive movements of their strike corps , which would signal that a war was nigh.
India Today (1999)At Tuesday's event, more than a dozen former prisoners of war mingled with a large press corps.
canada.com (2004)His father considered acting a cissy profession and wanted his son to enter the diplomatic corps.
Glasgow Herald (2001)The idea of a phylloxera observation corps would be revived later by the government, with less than satisfactory results.
, PHYLLOXERA: How Wine was Saved for the World (2004)