Corps

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A separate branch or department of the armed forces having a specialized function.
  • n. A tactical unit of ground combat forces between a division and an army commanded by a lieutenant general and composed of two or more divisions and auxiliary service troops.
  • n. A body of persons acting together or associated under common direction: the press corps. See Synonyms at band2.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
  • n. An organized group of people united by a common purpose.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The human body, whether living or dead.
  • n. A body of men; esp., an organized division of the military establishment; ; specifically, an army corps.
  • n. A body or code of laws.
  • n. The land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed.
  • 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The older spelling of corpse.
  • n. A body; a visible object: only in the legal phrase corps certain (which see, below).
  • n. A body or number of persons conventionally or formally associated or acting together: as, the diplomatic corps. See Corps Législatif, below, and esprit de corps, under esprit.
  • n. Milit.: A part of the army expressly organized according to the Articles or War, and having a head and members, as a regiment or an independent company, or any other military body having such organization: as, the Marine Corps; the Corps of Topographical Engineers; hospital corps, etc.
  • n. More specifically, the tactical unit of a large army next above a division.
  • n. In the German universities, a students' society.
  • n. One of the several bodies of officers charged with special administrative duties in the army or navy.
  • n. a body of picked men.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a body of people associated together
  • n. an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support
  • Equivalent
    Form
    Corp.   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    body   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Azores    Boer    Boers    Bohr    C4    Dior    Dore    Flore    Fore    Gabor   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    battalion    regiment    division    infantry    squadron    army    squad    commander    detachment    staff