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corps en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
2. An organized group of people united by a common purpose.
   • diplomatic corps
   • White House press corps

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Deriveds

juste-au-corps · corper · diplomatic corps · corpsman · staff corps · corpsperson · marine corps · corpswoman · press corps · corps de logis · corps-a-corps · free corps · avant-corps

Translations (76)

mk ко́рпус (battlefield formation) · nn korps (battlefield formation) · ca cos (group of people) · ga cór (battlefield formation) · lv korpuss (battlefield formation) · bg ко́рпус (battlefield formation) · es cuerpo (battlefield formation) · hy կորպուս (battlefield formation) · nl korps (battlefield formation) · sh kòrpus (battlefield formation) · kk корпус (battlefield formation) · ro corp (battlefield formation) · ug كورپۇس (battlefield formation) · tk korpus (battlefield formation) · sq korpus (battlefield formation) · it corpo (group of people) · cs sbor (battlefield formation) · hu hadtest (battlefield formation) · ko 부대 (battlefield formation) · ro corp (group of people) · ko 군단 (battlefield formation) · tr kolordu (battlefield formation) · uk ко́рпус (battlefield formation) · be ко́рпус (battlefield formation) · ja 部隊 (battlefield formation) · eo korpuso (battlefield formation) · ar فَيْلَق (battlefield formation) · sl korpus (battlefield formation) · tg сипоҳ (battlefield formation) · el σώμα (group of people) · et korpus (battlefield formation) · cy corfflu (group of people) · he גַּיִס (battlefield formation) · yue 軍團 /军团 (battlefield formation) · it genio (battlefield formation) · it corpo (battlefield formation) · uz korpus (battlefield formation) · km កងទ័ព (battlefield formation) · az korpus (battlefield formation) · sh ко̀рпус (battlefield formation) · hu testület (group of people) · ky корпус (battlefield formation) · sv -kår (group of people) · io armeokorpo (battlefield formation) · et korpus (group of people) · io korpo (group of people) · eo korpuso (group of people) · ka კორპუსი (battlefield formation) · io korpo (battlefield formation) · nn korps (group of people) · fi armeijakunta (battlefield formation) · fa سپاه (battlefield formation) · uk ко́рпус (group of people) · pt corpo (battlefield formation) · pl korpus (battlefield formation) · de Korps (battlefield formation) · cy corfflu (battlefield formation) · da korps (battlefield formation) · es cuerpo (group of people) · nb korps (group of people) · pt corpo (group of people) · mn корпус (battlefield formation) · ru ко́рпус (group of people) · ru ко́рпус (battlefield formation) · vi quân đoàn (battlefield formation) · mk ко́рпус (group of people) · ms kor (battlefield formation) · sk zbor (battlefield formation) · fr corps (battlefield formation) · cmn 軍團 /军团 (battlefield formation) · pl korpus (group of people) · fi -kunta (group of people) · nb korps (battlefield formation) · ja 軍団 (battlefield formation) · ca cos (battlefield formation) · lt korpusas (battlefield formation)

corps en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

1. 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. 1981 December 12, David Foushee, “Pushing the Edges”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 21, page 6:

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corps en · NOUN · etymology 3

Etymology

Clipping.

Meanings

1. (form-of, plural) plural of corp
   form of corp

corps en · NOUN · etymology 4

Meanings

1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete spelling of corpse.
   alt of corpse
   • How to keep the corps ſeven dayes from corruption by anointing and waſhing, without exenteration, were an hazardable peece of art, in our choiſeſt practiſe. 1658, Thomas Browne, Hydriotaphia, Urne-Buriall, or, A Discourse of the Sepulchrall Urnes Lately Found in Norfolk […], London: […] Hen. Brome […], page 16:
   • Did I poſſeſs the power of reſuſcitation, I would reanimate thy lifeleſs corps, and cheriſh thee in the warmeſt corner of thy favourite dwelling-place. 1788, [Vicesimus Knox], Winter Evenings: or, Lucubrations on Life and Letters, volume II, Dublin: […] Messrs. Chamberlaine, Moncrieffe, White, […], page 70:
   • The women looked like dead bodies; and never did I see such a sepulchral appearance as their dress and colourless faces exhibited, they were all dressed alike in drab gowns, white neck kerchiefs, and a cap fitting close over their ears, and fastened under the chin, the same sort as are placed on a corps. 1818, John Palmer, Journal of Travels in the United States of North America, and in Lower Canada, Performed in the Year 1817: […], London: […] Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, […], page 92:
   • To mee, who with eternal Famin pine, / Alike is Hell, or Paradiſe, or Heaven, / There beſt, where moſt with ravin I may meet; / Which here, though plenteous, all too little ſeems / To ſtuff this Maw, this vaſt unhide-bound Corps. 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 597–601:

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