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Synonyms for corps

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kawr, kohr
Phonetic Transcription : kɔr, koʊr

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Définition of corps

Origin :
  • late 13c., cors "body," from Old French cors "body, person, corpse, life" (9c.), from Latin corpus "body" (see corporeal). Sense in English evolved from "dead body" (13c.) to "live body" (14c.) to "body of citizens" (15c.) to "band of knights" (mid-15c.). The modern military sense (1704) is from French corps d'armée (16c.), picked up in English during Marlborough's campaigns.
  • French restored the Latin -p- in 14c., and English followed 15c., but the pronunciation remained "corse" at first and corse persisted as a parallel formation. After the -p- began to be sounded (16c. in English), corse became archaic or poetic only.
  • noun group trained for action
Example sentences :
  • They are the volunteers, the owner-drivers of the Corps, many of them men of wealth and title.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • The first Maryland brigade as a corps de reserve on the road.
  • Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
  • Had this corps been well trained the enemy must have been beaten.
  • Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
  • There was, as well, a little excited undertalk from one corps to the other.
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
  • They wished to have it established that their corps was not subject to the captain's authority.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • Do you think, Sergeant, that it will be made first on our own corps?
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • In 1808 a corps of 10,000 men destined to liberate Portugal was placed under his charge.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • The officers of this corps were, according to Bryan Edwards, vol.
  • Extract from : « The History of the First West India Regiment » by A. B. Ellis
  • The strength of the corps in that return is 258 of all ranks.
  • Extract from : « The History of the First West India Regiment » by A. B. Ellis
  • This was the first occasion on which any portion of the corps was stationed in that island.
  • Extract from : « The History of the First West India Regiment » by A. B. Ellis

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