corps

[kʰo̞ɹz]

UK: /kɔːz/

corps

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American (Lessac) (medium)

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Definition

A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.

From French corps d'armée (literally “army body”), from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpse and corpus. See also English riff.