/kɔː/, /kɔɹ/, [kʰo̞ɹ]
OriginFrom French corps d'armée (literally “army body”), from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpse and corpus. See also English riff.
- A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
- An organized group of people united by a common purpose.
“diplomatic corps”
“White House press corps”
- 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.”
- form-of, pluralplural of corp
Formscorps(plural)