Corps - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Corps :  (noun)
1: an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions
2: a body of people associated together; "diplomatic corps"

Based on WordNet 2.0

Corps : \Corps\, n. [Ger.] In some countries of Europe, a form of students' social society binding the members to strict adherence to certain student customs and its code of honor; -- Ger. spelling usually korps.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Corps : \Corps\ (k[=o]r, pl. k[=o]rz), n. sing. & pl. [F., fr. L. corpus body. See Corpse.] 1. The human body, whether living or dead. [Obs.] See Corpse, 1.

By what craft in my corps, it cometh [commences] and where. --Piers Plowman.

2. A body of men; esp., an organized division of the military establishment; as, the marine corps; the corps of topographical engineers; specifically, an army corps.

A corps operating with an army should consist of three divisions of the line, a brigade of artillery, and a regiment of cavalry. --Gen. Upton (U. S. Tactics. )

3. A body or code of laws. [Obs.]

The whole corps of the law. --Bacon.

4. (Eccl.) The land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed. [Obs.]

The prebendaries over and above their reserved rents have a corps. --Bacon.

Army corps, or (French) Corps d'arm['e]e (k[-o]r` d[aum]r`m[asl]"), a body containing two or more divisions of a large army, organized as a complete army in itself. Corps de logis (k[-o]r` de l[-o]`zh[-e]") [F., body of the house], the principal mass of a building, considered apart from its wings.

Corps diplomatique (k?r d?`pl?`m?-t?k") [F., diplomatic body], the body of ministers or envoys accredited to a government.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Corps

jpierreclair: Sécurité - CSRF : POC de POST avec Corps XML : http://bit.ly/8tkvN6
CPLMultilingual: cplmultilingual San Rafael public-safety Corps assails looming cuts: Which jobs were vulnerable has not been determ... http://bit.ly/8Dlm1K
dutchie_sylly: @Omieszz had een kerst diner met jordi gister aaf. Met al het bestuur van de studentenvereniging (syl was op een Corps bal ROFLOL)
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