corps
IPA: kˈɔr
noun
- (military) A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
- An organized group of people united by a common purpose.
- Obsolete spelling of corpse. [A dead body.]
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Examples of "corps" in Sentences
- The Navy is indebted to the corps.
- The Corps was noted for its esprit de corps.
- Grandpa was in the US Army Air Corps and then the Air Force.
- The motto of the Australian Army Aviation corps is Vigilance.
- The corps bolstered the forces of General Bragg's Army of Tennessee.
- For the remainder of the war, corps were added and subtracted from the army.
- The corps was subordinated to the Sixth Army during the Battle of Stalingrad.
- Moreover the Elephants corps was once again in the front of the Sassanid army.
- Includes commissioned officers of the Reconnaissance Corps of the British Army.
- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in the midst of a multiyear study evaluating ways to stanch the flow of unwanted species.
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