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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Corps \Corps\, n. [Ger.] In some countries of Europe, a form of students' social society binding the members to strict adherence to certain student customs and its code of honor; -- Ger. spelling usually korps. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Corps \Corps\ (k[omac]r, pl. k[omac]rz), n. sing. & pl. [F., fr. L. corpus body. See {Corpse}.] 1. The human body, whether living or dead. [Obs.] See {Corpse}, 1. By what craft in my corps, it cometh [commences] and where. --Piers Plowman. 2. A body of men; esp., an organized division of the military establishment; as, the marine corps; the corps of topographical engineers; specifically, an army corps. A corps operating with an army should consist of three divisions of the line, a brigade of artillery, and a regiment of cavalry. --Gen. Upton (U. S. Tactics. ) 3. A body or code of laws. [Obs.] The whole corps of the law. --Bacon. 4. (Eccl.) The land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed. [Obs.] The prebendaries over and above their reserved rents have a corps. --Bacon. {Army corps}, [or] (French) {Corps d'arm[82]e} (k[osl]r` d[aum]r`m[asl]"), a body containing two or more divisions of a large army, organized as a complete army in itself. {[d8]Corps de logis} (k[osl]r` d[eit] l[osl]`zh[esl]") [F., body of the house], the principal mass of a building, considered apart from its wings. {Corps diplomatique} (k[?]r d[?]`pl[?]`m[?]-t[?]k") [F., diplomatic body], the body of ministers or envoys accredited to a government. | |
