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Definition of Esprit de corps
1. Noun. The spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed.
Definition of Esprit de corps
1. Noun. (idiomatic) A shared spirit of comradeship, enthusiasm, and devotion to a cause among the members of a group, for example of a military unit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Esprit De Corps
Literary usage of Esprit de corps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1898)
"esprit de corps.—A TRACT FOR THE TIMES. By CAPTAIN CASPAR FREDERICK GOODRICH,
USN A careful search through the Proceedings of the ..."
2. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1898)
"esprit de corps.—A TRACT FOR THE TIMES. BY CAPTAIN CASPAR FREDERICK GOODRICH,
USN A careful search through the Proceedings of the Naval Institute reveals ..."
3. Adolescence and High-school Problems by Ralph W. Pringle (1922)
"During recent years the modern high school has learned the value of esprit de corps.
We know that the success of the school as a whole is largely determined ..."
4. Gilbert and Sullivan and Their Operas: With Recollections and Anecdotes of D by François Cellier, Cunningham Bridgeman (1914)
"... CARTE TOURING COMPANY Discipline and esprit de corps—Unabated enthusiasm in
the provinces —A Classic Acting-Manager—No " fish " stories admitted—Fred ..."
5. The Science and Practice of Management by Alexander Hamilton Church (1914)
"CHAPTER ' PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE THIRD LAW OF EFFORT (Continued) ESPRIT DE
CORPS HOUGH the phrase esprit de corps is sometimes translated by "team ..."
6. Policeman and Public by Arthur Woods (1919)
"Esprit de Corps THERE are many influences in police life which insidiously, yet
continually, operate to lower the tone and sully the standards of the men. ..."
7. Surveys, Historic and Economic by William James Ashley (1900)
"Hence the slower growth of class feeling, the weaker esprit de corps of such
trade unions as were formed down to the seventies, and the poorer calibre of ..."
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