corps

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support
noun a body of people associated together
noun a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state

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

The street was strewn with corpses. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
They more resemble corpses than living beings. — The gods of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs
The sea was covered with mutilated corpses. — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne

army corps

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