corps
Other forms: corpses
A corps is an army unit consisting of at least two divisions. This word can also refer to other groups of people, like a press corps, which is a gang of journalists trying to get the scoop.
Although the word corps comes from the Latin corpus, for “body,” don’t pronounce the p or you’re talking about the kind of body that goes in a coffin. The main meaning of a corps (which is singular despite the s) is a unit of the army. The word applies to other groups, too. A law firm has a corps of lawyers, a doctor has a corps of nurses, and a tiny car could have a corps of clowns.
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an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their supportsynonyms: army corpstypes:WAC, Women's Army Corpsa women's army corps that was organized in World War II but is no longer a separate branch of the United States ArmyROTC, Reserve Officers Training Corpsa training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officerstype of:army unita military unit that is part of an army
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a body of people associated together“diplomatic corps”types:type of:bodya group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
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Learn these words that derive from the Latin word corpus, meaning "body." Want to dissect more English words related to anatomy? Here are links to our complete set of Body Language lists: Corp ("Body") / Capit, Capt ("Head") / Or, Os ("Mouth") / Dent, Dont ("Tooth") / Gastr, Gastro ("Stomach") / Neur ("Nerve") / Man ("Hand") / Ped, Pod ("Foot") / Derm ("Skin") / Carn ("Flesh") / Os, Osteo ("Bone") / Cor, Cord, Cardio ("Heart") / Psych ("Mind")
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