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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