Lexic.us

Definition of Corps

1. Noun. An army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support.

2. Noun. A body of people associated together. "Diplomatic corps"

Definition of Corps

1. n. sing. & pl. The human body, whether living or dead.

2. n. 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.

Definition of Corps

1. Noun. (military) A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions. ¹

2. Noun. An organized group of people united by a common purpose. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Corps

1. a military unit [n CORPS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corps

corporealness corporealnesses corporeities corporeity corporified corporifies corporify corporifying corporin corporisation

corporisations corporization corporizations corposant corposants corps (current term) corps-a-corps corps de ballet corps diplomatique corps ronds

corpse corpse camp corpse camped corpse camping corpse camps corpsed corpselike corpses corpsicle corpsicles

Literary usage of Corps

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Photographic History of the Civil War ...: Thousands of Scenes by Francis Trevelyan Miller, Robert Sampson Lanier (1911)
"Chancellorsville, Va., including battles of Sixth corps at Fredericks- burg and Salem ... Thirteenth corps and Seventeenth corps; Confed., Army of Defense, ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"After speech, HEW assistant secretary Roger O. Egeberg (left) answers questions of Peace corps physicians. Department and other official Americans overseas, ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Armies of several corps, and groups of armies are also formed. 46. A brigade is the command of a brigadier or major-general, or of a colonel. ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"The second corps which had reached Pont-a-Mousson, and the fourth approaching ... The seventh and eighth corps had, in order to reach their positions on the ..."

5. Publications by Surrey Parish Register Society (1906)
"Jan. ioth, the corps of the Widow Palmer was Buried 1708-9. The corps of John ... The corps of Valentine Hayward, Junior, was Buried Feb. 15, 1711-12. ..."

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