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/ˈɑrmi kɔr/ Listen

noun

Corps n.

1.

The human body, whether living or dead. (Obs.) See Corpse, 1. "By what craft in my corps, it cometh (commences) and where."

2.

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. "A corps operating with an army should consist of three divisions of the line, a brigade of artillery, and a regiment of cavalry."

3.

A body or code of laws. (Obs.) "The whole corps of the law."

4.

(Eccl.) The land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed. (Obs.) "The prebendaries over and above their reserved rents have a corps."

5.

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.

Army corps, or (French) Corps d'armée, a body containing two or more divisions of a large army, organized as a complete army in itself.

Corps de logis, the principal mass of a building, considered apart from its wings.

Corps diplomatique, the body of ministers or envoys accredited to a government.

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"Army corps" Quotes from Famous Books

... the arrival of an army corps at its camping ground for a night, after a day's march, are very lively, often amusing, and sometimes present picturesque effects. Where the country traversed by the army is known to the commander, he is able to designate the nightly camps of the different corps with precision; if, on account ...

— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 - Devoted To Literature And National Policy • Various

... heroism than a green tree-ants' nest. Two or three individuals may be despised as long as their assaults are confined to the less sensitive parts of the body; but let a huge colony up among the branches of an orange-tree be disturbed, and the first army corps instantly mobilised, and it will not be cowardly hastily to retreat. So eager for the fray are the warriors, so well organised, so completely devoted to the self-sacrificing duty of protecting the community, that ...

— Tropic Days • E. J. Banfield

... It is obvious that there are laws in this world. If I press the trigger of this revolver, the bullet will fly out, and if General Webb is given an Army Corps, General Bramble ...

— General Bramble • Andre Maurois

... where there are no deserts; it is a fertile province among places of famous names. Surely it is a proud addition to an ambitious monarch's possessions. Surely there is something there that it is worth while to have conquered at the cost of army corps. No, nothing. They are mirage towns. The farms grow Dead Sea fruit. France recedes before the imperial clutch. France smiles, but not for him. His new towns seem to be his because their names have not yet been removed from ...

— Tales of War • Lord Dunsany

... much information that I desired. Fitz John Porter commands there—the 5th Army Corps—twenty-five thousand men. I propose, general, that you bring your troops as rapidly as possible from Frederickshall to Ashland, that from Ashland you march by the Ashcake road and Merry Oaks Church to the Totopotomoy Creek road and that, moving by this ...

— The Long Roll • Mary Johnston

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