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.