corps
noun/kɔː(r)/
/kɔːr/
(plural corps
[countable + singular or plural verb]/kɔːz/
/kɔːrz/
)- a large unit of an army, consisting of two or more divisions
- the commander of the third army corps
- a multinational corps under UK command
- When the war ended, the 2nd Corps was/were demobilized.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- elite
- multinational
- cadet
- …
- commander
- in a/the corps
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- one of the groups of an army with a special responsibility
- He's in the Royal Army Medical Corps.
- the Army Corps of Engineers
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictc1- He's a gunner in the US marine corps.
- the elite corps of the Sultan's army
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- elite
- multinational
- cadet
- …
- commander
- in a/the corps
- a group of people involved in a particular job or activity
- a corps of trained and experienced doctors
- Local people worked alongside an international corps of volunteers.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- elite
- multinational
- cadet
- …
- commander
- in a/the corps
see also diplomatic corps, press corps
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French, from Latin corpus ‘body’.
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