Definitions for Corps
kɔr, koʊrCorps

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. corps, army corpsnoun

   an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support

2. corpsnoun

   a body of people associated together

   "diplomatic corps"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. corpsnoun

   A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.

2. corpsnoun

   An organized group of people united by a common purpose.

3. Etymology: From corps, from corpus.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Corps

   the human body, whether living or dead

2. 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

3. Corps

   a body or code of laws

4. Corps

   the land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed

5. Etymology: [F., fr. L. corpus body. See Corpse.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. CORPS

   A big bunch of fighters. (Dist. bet. cores found in apples and corps found in arms).

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. corps

   Any body of troops acting under one commander.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. corps

   A body of men; especially a body of troops; an organized part or division of an army.

Matched Categories

1. • Army Unit
   • Body

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Corps' in Nouns Frequency: #2746

Anagrams for Corps »

1. sproc

2. crops

How to pronounce Corps?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Corps in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Corps in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Corps in a Sentence

1. Ray Mabus:

   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.

2. Defense Mark Esper:

   How I foresee our hospitals being used is during the early stages of the pandemic, the virus hitting a city where they're still trying to ramp up capability, bed space, we can come in for a short period of time, for a few weeks to provide that capacity until they get either gyms converted, hotels converted, college dorms converted, all those things that the Corps of Engineers is working on right now.

3. Charles de LEUSSE:

   Lover scuttles his body, because he sinks in happiness. (L'amoureux saborde son corps, - Car il coule dans le bonheur.)

4. Ron Johnson:

   Right now, the vast majority of pass-throughs will not be able to deduct state and local income taxes, where C Corps [C Corporations] will, i don’t see how that is politically sustainable. It’s certainly not fair. It widens with disparity and puts those pass-through businesses at a competitive disadvantage.

5. Jason Haag:

   I was a grown man- a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps, I was crying in full breakdown mode and they told me to come back later, They don't know how to deal with it quite honestly. There's obviously a systematic failure somewhere that needs to be fixed.

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