corps

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a body of people associated together

   diplomatic corps

2. 2
   noun

   An organized group of people united by a common purpose.

   diplomatic corps

3. 3
   noun

   A corps de ballet.

   The performers were all creditable dancers as well as comedians […] even the largest of them cavorted about en pointe with wonderful ease, and the corps work was extremely precise in its inaccuracies.

4. 4
   noun

   Obsolete spelling of corpse.

   How to keep the corps ſeven dayes from corruption by anointing and waſhing, without exenteration, were an hazardable peece of art, in our choiſeſt practiſe.

5. 5
   noun

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

6. 6
   noun

   A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.

7. 7
   noun

   plural of corp

Etymology

From French corps d'armée (literally “army body”), from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpse and corpus. See also English riff.