corps

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A large military unit made up of several divisions.

   The general commanded an army corps of over thirty thousand soldiers.

2. 2
   noun

   An organized group of people working together for a common purpose.

   She joined the diplomatic corps after finishing university.

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

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