corps
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corps
body of persons; a military unit: a loyal member of the corps
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corps
(kôr)n. pl. corps (kôrz)
1.
a. A separate branch or department of the armed forces having a specialized function.
b. A tactical unit of ground combat forces between a division and an army commanded by a lieutenant general and composed of two or more divisions and auxiliary service troops.
2. A body of persons acting together or associated under common direction: the press corps.
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corps
(kɔː)n, pl corps (kɔːz)
1. (Military) a military formation that comprises two or more divisions and additional support arms
2. (Military) a military body with a specific function: intelligence corps; medical corps.
3. a body of people associated together: the diplomatic corps.
[C18: from French, from Latin corpus body]
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corps
(kɔr, koʊr)n., pl. corps (kôrz, kōrz).
1.
a. an organization of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone: the U.S. Marine Corps.
b. a combat unit comprising two or more divisions.
2. a group of persons associated or acting together.
[1225–75; Middle English corps, cors < Middle French < Latin corpus body; compare corpse]
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corps
See: army corps.
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Corps
a body of men assigned to a special service, usually military; a number of students; members of an organization who wear uniforms, as St. John Ambulance Corps.Examples: corps of actors [Dramatic Corps], 1831; of anatomists—Mensa; Corps de Ballet, 1845; of counsellors [legal], 1803; of giraffes; of instructors, 1859; ragged corps of labourers, 1832; of writers, 1882.
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| Noun | 1. |  corps - an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their supportarmy unit - a military unit that is part of an army army, ground forces, regular army - a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state Women's Army Corps, WAC - an army corps that was organized in World War II but is no longer a separate branch of the United States Army Reserve Officers Training Corps, ROTC - a training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers division - an army unit large enough to sustain combat; "two infantry divisions were held in reserve" |
| 2. | corps - a body of people associated together; "diplomatic corps" body - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body" |
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corps
noun team, unit, regiment, detachment, company, body, band, division, troop, squad, crew, contingent, squadron an officer in the Army Medical Corps
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corps
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Translations
السِّلك الدِبلوماسيقِطْعَـه عَسْكَـريّـه
sbor
korps
korpus
armeijakuntakunta
alakulat
deildhópur, deild
korpusas
korpuss
kår
corps
[kɔːʳ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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corps
n pl <-> (Mil) → Korps nt
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corps
(koː) – plural corps (koːz) – noun1. a division of an army. The Royal Armoured Corps.
2. a group or company. the diplomatic corps.
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