# corps

Pronunciation: US say "KOR" /kɔɹ/; UK say "KAW" /kɔː/

## Noun

1. An organized group of people bound together by a common purpose.
   - Simple: A group of people who are organized and work toward the same goal.
   - _Members of the diplomatic corps gathered at the embassy to welcome the new ambassador._
   - _The district built a corps of trained tutors to help students who had fallen behind._
2. A military formation on the battlefield made up of two or more divisions.
   - Simple: A large army group made up of two or more smaller army groups called divisions.
   - _The Third Corps advanced along the ridge while two of its divisions held the flanks._
   - _The commander split his army into several corps so they could march by separate roads._
3. The dancers of a ballet company who perform together as a group rather than as soloists; a corps de ballet.
   - Simple: The group of dancers in a ballet who dance together, not the main solo dancers.
   - _After three years in the corps, she was finally promoted to soloist._
   - _The company hired six new corps dancers for the winter season._
4. Plural of corp. — plural of corp (pronounced: US say "KORPS" /kɔɹps/; UK say "KAWPS" /kɔːps/)
   - Simple: Plural of corp. Used for more than one big company.
   - _Critics say the tax break mostly helps multinational corps, not local businesses._
   - _In the game, players hack into the servers of rival corps to steal their data._

## Noun

5. Obsolete spelling of corpse. *(obsolete)* — Obsolete spelling of corpse. (pronounced: US say "KORPS" /kɔɹps/; UK say "KAWPS" /kɔːps/)
   - Simple: Obsolete spelling of corpse. Old books used it to mean a dead body.

## Origin

From French corps d'armée (literally "army body"), from Latin corpus ("body"). It is a doublet of corpse and corpus.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/corps (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).