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corps Definition

corps (kôr)

noun pl. corpskôrz

  1. a body of people associated in some work, organization, etc. under common direction a diplomatic corps
  2. Mil.
    1. a branch of the armed forces having some specialized function the Signal Corps, the Marine Corps
    2. a tactical subdivision of an army, normally composed of two or more divisions, plus auxiliary service troops

Etymology: ME < OFr corps, cors, body < L corpus, body: see corpus

corps Synonyms

corps

n.

troops, brigade, regiment, crew; see army 2, organization 3, team 2.

corps Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • mutilate: How could a God who smiled at those mutilated corpses in Omagh be a loving God?
  • reanimate: The players themselves still also look like reanimated corpses when going through their reaction animations in the replays.
  • dismember: Whatever the truth, the small hamlet is this morning nothing more than a few smoldering timbers and dismembered corpses.
  • rot: The problem was the rotting corpses in the hot sun.
  • mangle: They formed such a group of mangled corpses as would make any stout hearted man shudder.
  • dissect: He even went as far as dissecting human corpses to understand how the body worked.

Adjective modifier

  • diplomatic: The EU could set up the " external action service " , a kind of EU diplomatic corps.
  • unburied: Western democracy will effectively cease to exist as the social infrastructure collapses under the weight of millions of unburied corpses.
  • bloated: Peer into the waters and you will see a flotsam of drowned and bloated corpses.
  • elite: The Judges Committee of IPC has recently been accused of trying to create an elite corps of judges.

Modifies a noun

  • radio-actifs: His desire for be returned to designed a curved corps radio-actifs quot.
  • commander: Rommel was probably the best armored corps commander produced by either side.
  • aviation: Typical disposition of a corps aviation brigade Figure 24.
  • headquarters: On the same date he was transferred to the general staff of the 1st corps headquarters at Krakau ( Kraków ).
  • brigade: Typical disposition of a corps aviation brigade Figure 24.
  • artillery: An FA brigade is organized with corps field artillery battalions.

Noun used with modifier

  • cadet: A former cadet leader in Regina confirmed that Bass and Ryan met while in the cadet corps in the late 1980s.
  • rifle: The National Rifle Association In 1859, when England feared invasion from France, a volunteer rifle corps was formed.
  • cavalry: He dedicated it to Field-Marshall Radetsky, and it later became the march-past of a crack Austrian cavalry corps named the Radetsky Hussars.
  • army: In the German Army, chiefs of staff were not used below an army corps.