What does corps mean?
Definitions for corps
kɔr, koʊrcorps
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Princeton's WordNet
corps, army corpsnoun
an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support
corpsnoun
a body of people associated together
"diplomatic corps"
Wiktionary
corpsnoun
A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
corpsnoun
An organized group of people united by a common purpose.
Etymology: From corps, from corpus.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Corps, Corpsenoun
Etymology: corps, Fr. corpus, Latin.
Though plenteous, all too little seems
To stuff this man, this vast unhide-bound corps. John Milton.He looks as man was made, with face erect,
That scorns his brittle corps, and seems asham’d
He’s not all spirit. John Dryden, Don Sebastian.Not a friend greet
My poor corps, where my bones shall be thrown. William Shakespeare.There was the murder’d corps in covert laid,
And violent death in thousand shapes display’d. John Dryden, Fables.See where the corps of thy dead son approaches. Addison.
The corpse was laid out upon the floor by the emperor’s command: he then bid every one light his flambeau, and stand about the dead body. Joseph Addison, Guardian, №. 99.
Wikipedia
CORPS
The CORPS game system, created by Greg Porter was in its first 1990 edition the Conspiracy Oriented Roleplaying System, which was later revised and re-named the Complete Omniversal Role Playing System to focus purely on being a generic role-playing game system.
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corps
A corps is a large military unit or an organized group of people who work together towards a common goal. This term is used to describe a main subdivision of an armed force in the field, such as the Marine Corps or Peace Corps. It stems from the French word 'corps', which means 'body', suggesting a collective entity or group.
Webster Dictionary
Corps
the human body, whether living or dead
Corps
a body of men; esp., an organized division of the military establishment; as, the marine corps; the corps of topographical engineers; specifically, an army corps
Corps
a body or code of laws
Corps
the land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed
Etymology: [F., fr. L. corpus body. See Corpse.]
Wikidata
Corps
A corps is either a large military formation composed of two or more divisions, or an administrative grouping of troops within an armed force with a common function such as Artillery or Signals representing an arm of service. Corps may also refer to a particular unit or a particular branch of service, such as the United States Marine Corps, the Corps of Royal Marines, the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, or the Corps of Commissionaires. The military term was subsequently adopted for public service organizations with a paramilitary command structure, volunteer public service organizations, such as the Peace Corps, various ambulance corps, some NGOs, and other civic volunteer organizations. Due to this use of the term, it has also spread to some other civic or volunteer organizations that lack the paramilitary structure.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Corps
kōr, n. a division of an army forming a tactical unit—usually Corps d'armée, or army corps:—pl. Corps (kōrz).—Corps de ballet, the company of ballet dancers at a theatre; Corps de garde, the body of soldiers stationed on guard, their station, a guard-house; Corps diplomatique, the whole diplomatic staff at a particular capital. [Fr., from L. corpus.]
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
CORPS
A big bunch of fighters. (Dist. bet. cores found in apples and corps found in arms).
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
corps
Any body of troops acting under one commander.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
corps
A body of men; especially a body of troops; an organized part or division of an army.
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'corps' in Nouns Frequency: #2746
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of corps in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of corps in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of corps in a Sentence
Marines look after each other, Marines have each other's back. Look at what the commandant of the Marine Corps said about this, this makes us a less effective fighting force.
Body can’t contain the inside hurricane. (Corps ne peut contenir L'ouragan intérieur)
As we welcome USS Jackson to the fleet, we are reminded of the importance of the partnership between our Navy and our nation's shipbuilding industry, we also celebrate the lasting bond this ship will share with the great people of Jackson, Mississippi, as it sails the globe, providing a presence that only our Navy and Marine Corps can maintain.
The goal of the student community corps is to one, recognize the power that young people have to not only get vaccinated, but to help their peers get vaccinated. And it's also to recognize that, inherent in that power, is the fact that young people often want to hear from other young people, the student community corps is really intended to provide young people with the resources and support that they need to go out there and talk to their classmates, to their family members, and to their friends and help them get the information they need to get vaccinated. And sometimes that's information about the nature of the vaccine, sometimes it's information about the variants, the Delta variant, sometimes it's information about long Covid symptoms and the risks of going unvaccinated.
As long as they qualify and meet the standards, women will now be able to contribute to our mission in ways they could not before, they'll be allowed to drive tanks, fire mortars, and lead infantry soldiers into combat. They'll be able to serve as Army Rangers and Green Berets, Navy SEALS, Marine Corps infantry, Air Force parajumpers and everything else that was previously open only to men.
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