corps

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

corps, n. sing. & pl. [F., fr. L. corpus body. See Corpse.].

•  The human body, whether living or dead.  [1913 Webster]

  "By what craft in my corps, it cometh [commences] and where."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "A corps operating with an army should consist of three divisions of the line, a brigade of artillery, and a regiment of cavalry."  [1913 Webster]
•  A body or code of laws.  [1913 Webster]

  "The whole corps of the law."  [1913 Webster]
•  The land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed.  [1913 Webster]

  "The prebendaries over and above their reserved rents have a corps."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Army corps, or (French) Corps d'armée (k, a body containing two or more divisions of a large army, organized as a complete army in itself. -- ∥Corps de logis (k [F., body of the house], the principal mass of a building, considered apart from its wings. -- Corps diplomatique (k [F., diplomatic body], the body of ministers or envoys accredited to a government.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

corps, n. (pl. corps)
1 Mil. a a body of troops with special duties (intelligence corps; Royal Army Medical Corps). b a main subdivision of an army in the field, consisting of two or more divisions.
2 a body of people engaged in a special activity (diplomatic corps; press corps).

Etymology

F (as CORPSE)

THESAURUS

corps

Bund, KP, Rochdale cooperative, adjutant general corps, age group, air corps, alliance, armored corps, army, army corps, army group, army nurse corps, assemblage, association, axis, band, battalion, battery, battle group, bevy, bloc, body, brigade, bugle corps, bunch, cabal, cadre, cast, chemical corps, clique, coalition, cohort, college, column, combat command, combat team, combination, combine, common market, company, complement, confederacy, confederation, consumer cooperative, contingent, cooperative, cooperative society, corps of cadets, corps of signals, corps troops, coterie, council, covey, credit union, crew, crowd, customs union, dental corps, detachment, detail, division, drum corps, economic community, engineer corps, faction, federation, field army, field train, file, fleet, flying column, free trade area, gang, garrison, group, grouping, groupment, in-group, junta, kitchen police, league, legion, machine, maniple, marine corps, medical corps, military police corps, mob, movement, ordnance corps, organization, out-group, outfit, pack, partnership, party, peer group, phalanx, platoon, political machine, posse, quartermaster corps, rank, regiment, rifle corps, ring, salon, section, set, signal corps, society, squad, squadron, stable, string, tactical unit, tank corps, task force, team, train, transportation corps, tribe, troop, troupe, union, unit, veterinary corps, wing

ROGET THESAURUS

corps

Assemblage

N assemblage, collection, collocation, colligation, compilation, levy, gathering, ingathering, muster, attroupement, team, concourse, conflux, congregation, contesseration, convergence, meeting, levee, reunion, drawing room, at home, conversazione, assembly, congress, convention, conventicle, gemote, conclave, posse, posse comitatus, Noah's ark, miscellany, collectanea, museum, menagerie, museology, crowd, throng, group, flood, rush, deluge, rabble, mob, press, crush, cohue, horde, body, tribe, crew, gang, knot, squad, band, party, swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, herd, drove, atajo, bunch, drive, force, mulada, remuda, roundup, array, bevy, galaxy, corps, company, troop, troupe, task force, army, regiment, host, populousness, clan, brotherhood, fraternity, sorority, association, volley, shower, storm, cloud, group, cluster, Pleiades, clump, pencil, set, batch, lot, pack, budget, assortment, bunch, parcel, packet, package, bundle, fascine, fasces, bale, seron, seroon, fagot, wisp, truss, tuft, shock, rick, fardel, stack, sheaf, haycock, fascicle, fascicule, fasciculus, gavel, hattock, stook, accumulation, congeries, heap, lump, pile, rouleau, tissue, mass, pyramid, bing, drift, snowball, snowdrift, acervation, cumulation, glomeration, agglomeration, conglobation, conglomeration, conglomerate, coacervate, coacervation, coagmentation, aggregation, concentration, congestion, omnium gaterum, spicilegium, black hole of Calcutta, quantity, collector, gatherer, whip, whipper in, assembled, closely packed, dense, serried, crowded to suffocation, teeming, swarming, populous, as thick as hops, all of a heap, fasciculated cumulative, the plot thickens, acervatim, tibi seris tibi metis.

Combatant

N combatant, disputant, controversialist, polemic, litigant, belligerent, competitor, rival, corrival, fighter, assailant, champion, Paladin, mosstrooper, swashbuckler fire eater, duelist, bully, bludgeon man, rough, prize fighter, pugilist, boxer, bruiser, the fancy, gladiator, athlete, wrestler, fighting-cock, game-cock, warrior, soldier, fighting man, Amazon, man at arms, armigerent, campaigner, veteran, swordsman, sabreur, redcoat, military man, Rajput, armed force, troops, soldiery, military forces, sabaoth, the army, standing army, regulars, the line, troops of the line, militia, yeomanry, volunteers, trainband, fencible, auxiliary, bersagliere, brave, garde-nationale, garde-royale, minuteman, auxiliary forces, reserve forces, reserves, posse comitatus, national guard, gendarme, beefeater, guards, guardsman, yeomen of the guard, life guards, household troops, janissary, myrmidon, Mama, Mameluke, spahee, spahi, Cossack, Croat, Pandoz, irregular, guerilla, partisan, condottiere, franctireur, tirailleur, bashi-bazouk, vietminh, vietcong, shining path, contras, huk, hukbalahap, mercenary, soldier of fortune, hired gun, gunfighter, gunslinger, bushwhacker, free lance, companion, Hessian, hit man torpedo, soldier, levy, draught, Landwehr, Landsturm, conscript, recruit, cadet, raw levies, infantry, infantryman, private, private soldier, foot soldier, Tommy Atkins, rank and file, peon, trooper, sepoy, legionnaire, legionary, cannon fodder, food for powder, officer, subaltern, ensign, standard bearer, spearman, pikeman, spear bearer, halberdier, lancer, musketeer, carabineer, rifleman, jager, sharpshooter, yager, skirmisher, grenadier, fusileer, archer, bowman, horse and foot, horse soldier, cavalry, horse, artillery, horse artillery, light horse, voltigeur, uhlan, mounted rifles, dragoon, hussar, light dragoon, heavy dragoon, heavy, cuirassier, Foot Guards, Horse Guards, gunner, cannoneer, bombardier, artilleryman, matross, sapper, sapper and miner, engineer, light infantry, rifles, chasseur, zouave, military train, coolie, army, corps d'armee, host, division, battalia, column, wing, detachment, garrison, flying column, brigade, regiment, corps, battalion, sotnia, squadron, company, platoon, battery, subdivision, section, squad, piquet, picket, guard, rank, file, legion, phalanx, cohort, cloud of skirmishers, war horse, charger, destrier, marine, man-of-war's man, navy, wooden walls, naval forces, fleet, flotilla, armada, squadron, man-of-war, destroyer, submarine, minesweeper, torpedo-boat, torpedo-destroyer, patrol torpedo boat, PT boat, torpedo- catcher, war castle, H, M, S, battleship, battle wagon, dreadnought, line of battle ship, ship of the line, aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, helicopter carrier, missile platform, missile boat, ironclad, turret ship, ram, monitor, floating battery, first- rate, frigate, sloop of war, corvette, gunboat, bomb vessel, flagship, guard ship, cruiser, armored cruiser, protected cruiser, privateer, tender, store ship, troop ship, transport, catamaran, merchant marine.