The definition of a corpse is a dead body.
(noun)An example of a corpse is what you'd see at a funeral with an open casket.
See corpse in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: var. of corps
See corpse in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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Origin:
Origin: Middle English corps
Origin: , from Latin corpus; see kwrep- in Indo-European roots
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