corpscorps /kɔː $ kɔːr/ ●○○ noun (plural corps /kɔːz $ kɔːrz/) [countable] 
Word Origin
the medical corps the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers2a group of people who work together to do a particular job: the president’s press corps the diplomatic corps3 technical a trained army unit made of two or more divisions (=groups of soldiers)
Word OriginWORD ORIGINcorps
ExamplesOrigin:
1500-1600 French, Latin corpus; ➔ CORPUSEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
word sets- a ballet corps
- He was one of their best corps commanders.
- He was the guy who developed an esprit de corps among the committee members.
- I even felt this about the two trombones, who did not join the magnificent brass corps until its final chorale.
- It has no officer corps and has never developed a uniform central system of recruitment and management.
- She had first given her life to Him as a child, at the mercy seat in the local corps.
- The breakdown of discipline and morale in the professional officer corps is hardly a state secret.
- The surgeons of our corps selected for a hospital a large massive stone building...
- To General von Zwehl the slaughter of his triumphant corps was particularly galling.
WORD SETS► Army
Collocationsadjutant, nounarmoured, adjectivebarracks, nounbasic training, nounbatman, nounbattalion, nounbearskin, nounbillet, nounbillet, verbbombardier, nounbooty, nounbrigade, nounbrigadier, nounbrigadier-general, nouncadet, nouncanteen, nouncantonment, nouncapture, verbcavalry, nouncavalryman, nouncenturion, nouncharger, nounchevron, nounCol., colonel, nouncommand, nouncommando, nouncommissary, nouncompany, nouncontingent, nouncorps, noundesert, verbdeserter, noundesertion, noundetachment, noundetail, noundisengage, verbdishonourable discharge, noundivision, noundivisional, adjectivedog tag, noundraft, verbdragoon, noundrill, noundrill, verbdugout, nounencampment, nounexpeditionary force, nounfield marshal, nounfiring squad, nounfive star general, nounflank, nounfoot locker, nounforay, nounfour-star general, nounfusilier, noungarrison, noungarrison, verbGen., general, noungeneralship, nounGI, noungrenadier, nounground forces, noungrunt, nounguardsman, noungunner, nounhussar, nouninduct, verbinductee, nouninfantry, nouninfantryman, nounirregular, nounlance corporal, nounlegion, nounlegionary, nounlegionnaire, nounLieut, loot, nounLt., man-at-arms, nounmatériel, nounMC, nounmedic, nounmercenary, nounmess hall, nounMIA, nounM.O., nounmobilize, verbmotorized, adjectivemounted, adjectivemusketeer, nounmuster, nounnon-commissioned officer, nounobstacle course, nounparade, verbparade ground, nounparatrooper, nounparatroops, nounpennon, nounpicket, nounpicket, verbpip, nounplatoon, nounpoint man, nounposition, nounprivate, nounprivate soldier, nounPte, redcoat, nounregiment, nounregular, nounreservist, nounreveille, nounroute march, nounsapper, nounsarge, nounsignalman, nounsoldier, nounsoldiering, nounsoldierly, adjectivesoldier of fortune, nounsoldiery, nounsortie, nounsortie, verbspecial forces, nounsquad, nounsquaddy, nounstaff sergeant, nounstandard-bearer, nounstormtrooper, nounsubaltern, nounTerritorial Army, the, trench, nountroop, nountrooper, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► diplomatic
1a group in an army with special duties and responsibilities: · For all of its own bureaucratic strictures, the diplomatic corps had the sympathetic ears that Liang was looking for.· In Chongqing, Joe sought out contacts who could introduce him to the upper levels of the government and diplomatic corps.
NOUN► commander· All decisions had to be made by his two corps commanders.· He was one of their best corps commanders.· Khalid al Zayn Ali, the artillery corps commander, Maj.-Gen.· The correspondents of the press knew it long before the corps commanders were informed of the fact.· No army corps commander can ever be sure he has enough authority over his units to contemplate a coup.· On the Union side, General Meade assembled his corps commanders for a council of war.
► officer· It has no officer corps and has never developed a uniform central system of recruitment and management.· The breakdown of discipline and morale in the professional officer corps is hardly a state secret.· A further difference between the army and the police was that the professional officer corps had the task of leading the revolution.· A veteran of the Navy officer corps.· The officer corps was small, young and inexperienced.· The officer corps, comprising about one-half of the men in uniform, is rapidly shrinking.· Educational qualifications for entry into the officer corps had been lower than for other comparable elements of the administration.· The officer corps had no real connection with the troops.
► press· The invited press corps kept its distance from Holden, leaving him in peace to concentrate on his performance.· Remember when she invited the press corps in to sample her favorite cookie recipe?· The important visitors filed in after them, and then the members of the press corps.· It made it that much harder for the Washington press corps to drop in and snoop.· The spokesman returned in a state of even greater perplexity to confront the television cameras and assembled press corps.· But they were no ordinary members of the Washington press corps.
the medical corps the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers2a group of people who work together to do a particular job: the president’s press corps the diplomatic corps3 technical a trained army unit made of two or more divisions (=groups of soldiers)